Expansion of harmonically trapped interacting particles and time dependence of the contact
Anno: 2016
Autori: Qu CL., Pitaevskii LP., Stringari S.
Affiliazione autori: Univ Trento, CNR BEC Ctr, INO, I-38123 Povo, Italy;
Univ Trento, Dipartimento Fis, I-38123 Povo, Italy; RAS, Kapitza Inst Phys Problems, Kosygina 2, Moscow 119334, Russia
Abstract: We study the expansion of an interacting atomic system at zero temperature, following its release from an isotropic three-dimensional harmonic trap and calculate the time dependence of its density and momentum distribution, with special focus on the behavior of the contact parameter. We consider different quantum systems, including the unitary Fermi gas of infinite scattering length, the weakly interacting Bose gas, and two interacting particles with highly asymmetric mass imbalance. In all cases analytic results can be obtained, which show that the initial value of the contact, fixing the 1/k(4) tail of the momentum distribution, disappears for large expansion times. Our results raise the problem of understanding the recent experiment of R. Chang et al. [Phys.Rev. Lett. 117, 235303 ( 2016)] carried out on a weakly interacting Bose gas of metastable He-4 atoms, where a 1/r(4) tail in the density distribution was observed after a large expansion time, implying the existence of the 1/k(4) tail in the asymptotic momentum distribution.
Giornale/Rivista: PHYSICAL REVIEW A
Volume: 94 (6) Da Pagina: 063635-1 A: 063635-8
Parole chiavi: DYNAMICS; GASDOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.063635Citazioni: 17dati da “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) aggiornati al: 2024-04-28Riferimenti tratti da Isi Web of Knowledge: (solo abbonati) Link per visualizzare la scheda su IsiWeb: Clicca quiLink per visualizzare la citazioni su IsiWeb: Clicca qui