Excitations of one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates in a random potential |
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Authors: | Gurarie V Refael G Chalker J T |
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Institution: | Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. |
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Abstract: | We examine bosons hopping on a one-dimensional lattice in the presence of a random potential at zero temperature. Bogoliubov excitations of the Bose-Einstein condensate formed under such conditions are localized, with the localization length diverging at low frequency as l(omega) approximately 1/omega(alpha). We show that the well-known result alpha=2 applies only for sufficiently weak random potential. As the random potential is increased beyond a certain strength, alpha starts decreasing. At a critical strength of the potential, when the system of bosons is at the transition from a superfluid to an insulator, alpha=1. This result is relevant for understanding the behavior of the atomic Bose-Einstein condensates in the presence of random potential, and of the disordered Josephson junction arrays. |
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