Exact Temporal Evolution of Two-Species Bose–Einstein Condensates

We construct exact stationary solutions to the one-dimensional coupled Gross–Pitaevskii equations for the two-species Bose–Einstein condensates with equal intraspecies and interspecies interaction constants.Three types of complex solutions as well as their soliton limits are derived.By making use of the SU(2)unitary symmetry,we further obtain analytical time-evolving solutions.These solutions exhibit spatiotemporal periodicity.     

Primary resonance of fractional-order Duffing–van der Pol oscillator by harmonic balance method

The dynamical properties of fractional-order Duffing–van der Pol oscillator are studied, and the amplitude–frequency response equation of primary resonance is obtained by the harmonic balance method. The stability condition for steady-state solution is obtained based on Lyapunov theory. The comparison of the approximate analytical results with the numerical results is fulfilled, and the approximations obtained are in good agreement with the numerical solutions. The bifurcations of primary resonance for system parameters are analyzed. The results show that the harmonic balance method is effective and convenient for solving this problem, and it provides a reference for the dynamical analysis of similar nonlinear systems.     

Josephson Dynamics of a Bose-Einstein Condensate Trapped in a Double-Well Potential

The Josephson equations for a Bose Einstein Condensate gas trapped in a double-well potential are derived with the two-mode approximation by the Gross Pitaevskii equation. The dynamical characteristics of the equations are obtained by the numerical phase diagrams. The nonlinear self-trapping effect appeared in the phase diagrams are emphatically discussed, and the condition EcN 〉 4E3 is presented.     

Exact Solutions of the Two-Dimensional Cubic-Quintic Nonlinear Schrdinger Equation with Spatially Modulated Nonlinearities

Applying the similarity transformation,we construct the exact vortex solutions for topological charge S ≥ 1 and the approximate fundamental soliton solutions for S = 0 of the two-dimensional cubic-quintic nonlinear Schrdinger equation with spatially modulated nonlinearities and harmonic potential.The linear stability analysis and numerical simulation are used to exam the stability of these solutions.In different profiles of cubic-quintic nonlinearities,some stable solutions for S ≥ 0 and the lowest radial quantum number n = 1 are found.However,the solutions for n ≥ 2 are all unstable.     

Approximate analytical solution of the Dirac equation with q-deformed hyperbolic Pschl–Teller potential and trigonometric Scarf II non-central potential

An approximate solution of the Dirac equation for a spin-1/2 particle under the influence of q-deformed hyperbolic P ¨oschl–Teller potential combined with trigonometric Scarf II non-central potential is studied analytically. It is assumed that the scalar potential equals the vector potential in order to obtain analytical solutions. Both radial and angular parts of the Dirac equation are solved using the Nikiforov–Uvarov method. A relativistic energy spectrum and the relation between quantum numbers can be obtained using this method. Several quantum wave functions corresponding to several states are also presented in terms of the Jacobi Polynomials.     

Evaluation of Particle Numbers via Two Root Mean Square Radii in a 2-Species Bose–Einstein Condensate

The coupled Gross–Pitaevskii equations for two-species BEC have been solved analytically under the Thomas-Fermi approximation(TFA). Based on the analytical solution, two formulae are derived to relate the particle numbers N_A and N_B with the root mean square radii of the two kinds of atoms. Only the case that both kinds of atoms have nonzero distribution at the center of an isotropic trap is considered. In this case the TFA has been found to work nicely. Thus, the two formulae are applicable and are useful for the evaluation of N_A and N_B.     

Dark Soliton Solutions of Space-Time Fractional Sharma–Tasso–Olver and Potential Kadomtsev–Petviashvili Equations

Dark soliton solutions for space-time fractional Sharma–Tasso–Olver and space-time fractional potential Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equations are determined by using the properties of modified Riemann–Liouville derivative and fractional complex transform. After reducing both equations to nonlinear ODEs with constant coefficients, the tanh ansatz is substituted into the resultant nonlinear ODEs. The coefficients of the solutions in the ansatz are calculated by algebraic computer computations. Two different solutions are obtained for the Sharma–Tasso–Olver equation as only one solution for the potential Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation. The solution profiles are demonstrated in 3D plots in finite domains of time and space.     

Approximate direct reduction method: infinite series reductions to the perturbed mKdV equation

The approximate direct reduction method is applied to the perturbed mKdV equation with weak fourth order dispersion and weak dissipation. The similarity reduction solutions of different orders conform to formal coherence, accounting for infinite series reduction solutions to the original equation and general formulas of similarity reduction equations. Painlevé II type equations, hyperbolic secant and Jacobi elliptic function solutions are obtained for zero-order similarity reduction equations. Higher order similarity reduction equations are linear variable coefficient ordinary differential equations.     

Approximate Solutions of Perturbed Nonlinear Schroedinger Equations

By applying Lou＇s direct perturbation method to perturbed nonlinear Schroedinger equation and the critical nonlinear SchrSdinger equation with a small dispersion, their approximate analytical solutions including the zero-order and the first-order solutions are obtained. Based on these approximate solutions, the analytical forms of parameters of solitons are expressed and the effects of perturbations on solitons are briefly analyzed at the same time. In addition, the perturbed nonlinear Schroedinger equations is directly simulated by split-step Fourier method to check the validity of the direct perturbation method. It turns out that the analytical results given by the direct perturbation method are well supported by numerical calculations.     

Nonlocal Symmetry,CTE Solvability and Interaction Solutions of Whitham–Broer–Kaup Equations

Whitham–Broer–Kaup(WBK) equations in the shallow water small-amplitude regime is hereby under investigation. Nonlocal symmetry and Bcklund transformation are presented via the truncated Painlevé expansion.This residual symmetry is localised to Lie point symmetry by the properly enlarged system. The finite symmetry transformation of the prolonged system is computed. Based on the CTE method, WBK equations are linearized and new analytic interaction solutions between solitary waves and cnoidal waves are given with the aid of solutions for the linear equation.     

High precision solutions to quantized vortices within Gross–Pitaevskii equation

The dynamics of vortices in Bose–Einstein condensates of dilute cold atoms can be well formulated by Gross–Pitaevskii equation. To better understand the properties of vortices, a systematic method to solve the nonlinear differential equation for the vortex to very high precision is proposed. Through two-point Padé approximants, these solutions are presented in terms of simple rational functions, which can be used in the simulation of vortex dynamics. The precision of the solutions is sensitive to the connecting parameter and the truncation orders. It can be improved significantly with a reasonable extension in the order of rational functions. The errors of the solutions and the limitation of two-point Padé approximants are discussed. This investigation may shed light on the exact solution to the nonlinear vortex equation.     

Conserved Gross–Pitaevskii equations with a parabolic potential

An integrable Gross–Pitaevskii equation with a parabolic potential is presented where particle density ∣u∣² is conserved. We also present an integrable vector Gross–Pitaevskii system with a parabolic potential, where the total particle density ${\sum }_{j=1}^{n}| {u}_{j}{| }^{2}$ is conserved. These equations are related to nonisospectral scalar and vector nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Infinitely many conservation laws are obtained. Gauge transformations between the standard isospectral nonlinear Schrödinger equations and the conserved Gross–Pitaevskii equations, both scalar and vector cases are derived. Solutions and dynamics are analyzed and illustrated. Some solutions exhibit features of localized-like waves.     

Fluctuation assisted collapses of Bose–Einstein condensates

We study the collapse dynamics of a Bose–Einstein condensate subjected to a sudden change of the scattering length to a negative value by adopting the self-consistent Gaussian state theory for mixed states. Compared to the Gross–Pitaevskii and the Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov approaches, both fluctuations and three-body loss are properly treated in our theory. We find a new type of collapse assisted by fluctuations that amplify the attractive interaction between atoms. Moreover, the calculation of the fluctuated atoms, the entropy, and the second-order correlation function showed that the collapsed gas significantly deviated from a pure state.     

Dynamics of straight vortex filaments in a Bose–Einstein condensate with the Gaussian density profile

The dynamics of interacting quantized vortex filaments in a rotating Bose–Einstein condensate existing in the Thomas–Fermi regime at zero temperature and obeying the Gross–Pitaevskii equation has been considered in the hydrodynamic “nonelastic” approximation. A noncanonical Hamilton equation of motion for the macroscopically averaged vorticity has been derived for a smoothly inhomogeneous array of filaments (vortex lattice) taking into account spatial nonuniformity of the equilibrium density of the condensate, which is determined by the trap potential. The minimum of the corresponding Hamiltonian describes the static configuration of the deformed vortex lattice against the preset density background. The condition of minimum can be reduced to a nonlinear second-order partial differential vector equation for which some exact and approximate solutions are obtained. It has been shown that if the condensate density has an anisotropic Gaussian profile, the equation of motion for the averaged vorticity has solutions in the form of a vector exhibiting a nontrivial time dependence, but homogeneous in space. An integral representation has also been obtained for the matrix Green function that determines the nonlocal Hamiltonian of a system of several quantized vortices of an arbitrary shape in a Bose–Einstein condensate with the Gaussian density. In particular, if all filaments are straight and oriented along one of the principal axes of the ellipsoid, we have a finitedimensional reduction that can describe the dynamics of the system of pointlike vortices against an inhomogeneous background. A simple approximate expression is proposed for the 2D Green function with an arbitrary density profile and is compared numerically with the exact result in the Gaussian case. The corresponding approximate equations of motion, describing the long-wavelength dynamics of interacting vortex filaments in condensates with a density depending only on transverse coordinates, have been derived.     

Quantized vortex stability and interaction in the nonlinear wave equation

The stability and interaction of quantized vortices in the nonlinear wave equation (NLWE) are investigated both numerically and analytically. A review of the reduced dynamic law governing the motion of vortex centers in the NLWE is provided. The second order nonlinear ordinary differential equations for the reduced dynamic law are solved analytically for some special initial data. Using 2D polar coordinates, the transversely highly oscillating far field conditions can be efficiently resolved in the phase space, thus giving rise to an efficient and accurate numerical method for the NLWE with non-zero far field conditions. By applying this numerical method to the NLWE, we study the stability of quantized vortices and find numerically that the quantized vortices with winding number m=±1 are dynamically stable, and resp. |m|>1 are dynamically unstable, in the dynamics of NLWE. We then compare numerically quantized vortex interaction patterns of the NLWE with those from the reduced dynamic law qualitatively and quantitatively. Some conclusive findings are obtained, and discussions on numerical and theoretical results are made to provide further understanding of vortex stability and interactions in the NLWE. Finally, the vortex motion under an inhomogeneous potential in the NLWE is also studied.     

Collapse arrest in the space-fractional Schrödinger equation with an optical lattice

The soliton solution and collapse arrest are investigated in the one-dimensional space-fractional Schr?dinger equation with Kerr nonlinearity and optical lattice. The approximate analytical soliton solutions are obtained based on the variational approach, which provides reasonable accuracy. Linear-stability analysis shows that all the solitons are linearly stable. No collapses are found when the Lévy index 1 α≤ 2. For α = 1, the collapse is arrested by the lattice potential when the amplitude of perturbations is small enough. It is numerically proved that the energy criterion of collapse suppression in the two-dimensional traditional Schr?dinger equation still holds in the one-dimensional fractional Schr?dinger equation. The physical mechanism for collapse prohibition is also given.     

Kolmogorov spectrum of superfluid turbulence: numerical analysis of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation with a small-scale dissipation

The energy spectrum of superfluid turbulence is studied numerically by solving the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. We introduce the dissipation term which works only in the scale smaller than the healing length to remove short wavelength excitations which may hinder the cascade process of quantized vortices in the inertial range. The obtained energy spectrum is consistent with the Kolmogorov law.     

Multifluxon dynamics in driven Josephson junctions

The dynamics of fluxons in a long Josephson junction driven by time-varying nonuniform bias currents are described by a generalization of the sine-Gordon equation. This equation has solitary wave solutions which correspond to current vortices or quantized packets of magnetic flux in the junction. As with the sine-Gordon equation, multifluxon solutions may be demonstrated for the long Josephson junction. Our numerical calculations show that several fluxons may be launched or annihilated at the end of a junction. We also show multiple steady state conditions which correspond to one or more flux quanta trapped in the junction.     

Self-dual Vortices in Schrödinger-Chern-Simons Model

By making use of the U(1) gauge potential decomposition theory and the φ-mapping topological current theory, we investigate the Schrödinger-Chern-Simons model in the thin-film superconductor system and obtain an exact Bogomolny self-dual equation with a topological term. It is revealed that there exist self-dual vortices in the system. We study the inner topological structure of the self-dual vortices and show that their topological charges are topologically quantized and labeled by Hopf indices and Brouwer degrees. Furthermore, the vortices are found generating or annihilating at the limit points and encountering, splitting or merging at the bifurcation points of the vector field φ.