Friction in a Model of Hamiltonian Dynamics

We study the motion of a heavy tracer particle weakly coupled to a dense ideal Bose gas exhibiting Bose-Einstein condensation. In the so-called mean-field limit, the dynamics of this system approaches one determined by nonlinear Hamiltonian evolution equations describing a process of emission of Cerenkov radiation of sound waves into the Bose-Einstein condensate along the particle’s trajectory. The emission of Cerenkov radiation results in a friction force with memory acting on the tracer particle and causing it to decelerate until it comes to rest.

“A moving body will come to rest as soon as the force pushing it no longer acts on it in the manner necessary for its propulsion.”—— Aristotle     

Effective Dynamics of a Tracer Particle Interacting with an Ideal Bose Gas

We study a system consisting of a heavy quantum particle, called the tracer particle, coupled to an ideal gas of light Bose particles, the ratio of masses of the tracer particle and a gas particle being proportional to the gas density. All particles have non-relativistic kinematics. The tracer particle is driven by an external potential and couples to the gas particles through a pair potential. We compare the quantum dynamics of this system to an effective dynamics given by a Newtonian equation of motion for the tracer particle coupled to a classical wave equation for the Bose gas. We quantify the closeness of these two dynamics as the mean-field limit is approached (gas density ${\to \infty}$ ). Our estimates allow us to interchange the thermodynamic with the mean-field limit.     

Interacting bosons in an optical lattice

A strongly interacting Bose gas in an optical lattice is studied using a hard‐core interaction. Two different approaches are introduced, one is based on a spin‐1/2 Fermi gas with attractive interaction, the other one on a functional integral with an additional constraint (slave‐boson approach). The relation between fermions and hard‐core bosons is briefly discussed for the case of a one‐dimensional Bose gas. For a three‐dimensional gas we identify the order parameter of the Bose‐Einstein condensate through a Hubbard‐Stratonovich transformation and treat the corresponding theories within a mean‐field approximation and with Gaussian fluctuations. This allows us to evaluate the phase diagram, including the Bose‐Einstein condensate and the Mott insulator, the density‐density correlation function, the static structure factor, and the quasiparticle excitation spectrum. The role of quantum and thermal fluctuations are studied in detail for both approaches, where we find good agreement with the Gross‐Pitaevskii equation and with the Bogoliubov approach in the dilute regime. In the dense regime, which is characterized by the phase transition between the Bose‐Einstein condensate and the Mott insulator, we discuss a renormalized Gross‐Pitaevskii equation. This equation can describe the macroscopic wave function of the Bose‐Einstein condensate in the dilute regime as well as close to the transition to the Mott insulator. Finally, we compare the results of the attractive spin‐1/2 Fermi gas and those of the slave‐boson approach and find good agreement for all physical quantities.     

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.     

The Bogoliubov model of weakly imperfect Bose gas

We present a systematic account of known rigorous results about the Bogoliubov model of weakly imperfect Bose gas (WIBG). This model is a basis of the celebrated Bogoliubov theory of superfluidity, although the physical phenomenon is, of course, more complicated than the model. The theory is based on two Bogoliubov's ansätze: the first truncates the full Hamiltonian of the interacting bosons to produce the WIBG, whereas the second substitutes some operators by c-numbers (the Bogoliubov approximation). After some historical remarks, and physical and mathematical motivations of this Bogoliubov treatment of the WIBG, we turn to revision of the Bogoliubov's ansätze from the point of view of rigorous quantum statistical mechanics. Since the exact calculation of the pressure and the behaviour of the Bose condensate in the WIBG are available, we review these results stressing the difference between them and the Bogliubov theory. One of the main features of the mathematical analysis of the WIBG is that it takes into account quantum fluctuations ignored by the second Bogoliubov ansatz. It is these fluctuations which are responsible for indirect attraction between bosons in the fundamental mode. The latter is the origin of a nonconventional Bose condensation in this mode, which has a dynamical nature. A (generalized) conventional Bose–Einstein condensation appears in the WIBG only in the second stage as a result of the standard mechanism of the total particle density saturation. It coexists with the nonconventional condensation. We give also a review of some models related to the WIBG and to the Bogoliubov theory, where a similar two-stage Bose condensation may take place. They indicate possibilities to go beyond the Bogoliubov theory and the Hamiltonian for the WIBG.     

The effect of repulsive interactions on Bose-Einstein condensation

One-dimensional Bose gases that interact via a repulsive two-body interaction and show Bose-Einstein condensation at the free level are studied. It is shown that the introduction of this interaction, however small, destroys the condensate. It is also shown that the free energy of an interacting Bose gas does not depend on the boundary conditions(including attractive boundary conditions) in the van der Waals limit.     

Dynamics of quantum vortices in a quasi-two-dimensional Bose–Einstein condensate with two “holes”

The dynamics of interacting quantum vortices in a quasi-two-dimensional spatially inhomogeneous Bose–Einstein condensate, whose equilibrium density vanishes at two points of the plane with a possible presence of an immobile vortex with a few circulation quanta at each point, has been considered in a hydrodynamic approximation. A special class of density profiles has been chosen, so that it proves possible to calculate analytically the velocity field produced by point vortices. The equations of motion have been given in a noncanonical Hamiltonian form. The theory has been generalized to the case where the condensate forms a curved quasi-two-dimensional shell in the three-dimensional space.     

Condensation of N interacting bosons: a hybrid approach to condensate fluctuations

We present a new method of calculating the distribution function and fluctuations for a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of N interacting atoms. The present formulation combines our previous master equation and canonical ensemble quasiparticle techniques. It is applicable both for ideal and interacting Bogoliubov BEC and yields remarkable accuracy at all temperatures. For the interacting gas of 200 bosons in a box we plot the temperature dependence of the first four central moments of the condensate particle number and compare the results with the ideal gas. For the interacting mesoscopic BEC, as with the ideal gas, we find a smooth transition for the condensate particle number as we pass through the critical temperature.     

Collective mode evidence of high-spin bosonization in a trapped one-dimensional atomic Fermi gas with tunable spin

We calculate the frequency of collective modes of a one-dimensional repulsively interacting Fermi gas with high-spin symmetry confined in harmonic traps at zero temperature. This is a system realizable with fermionic alkaline-earth-metal atoms such as ¹⁷³Yb, which displays an exact SU(κ$\kappa$) spin symmetry with κ?2$\kappa ?2$ and behaves like a spinless interacting Bose gas in the limit of infinite spin components κ→∞$\kappa \to \infty$, namely high-spin bosonization. We solve the homogeneous equation of state of the high-spin Fermi system by using Bethe ansatz technique and obtain the density distribution in harmonic traps based on local density approximation. The frequency of collective modes is calculated by exactly solving the zero-temperature hydrodynamic equation. In the limit of large number of spin-components, we show that the mode frequency of the system approaches that of a one-dimensional spinless interacting Bose gas, as a result of high-spin bosonization. Our prediction of collective modes is in excellent agreement with a very recent measurement for a Fermi gas of ¹⁷³Yb atoms with tunable spin confined in a two-dimensional tight optical lattice.     

Strongly Correlated Phases in Rapidly Rotating Bose Gases

We consider a system of trapped spinless bosons interacting with a repulsive potential and subject to rotation. In the limit of rapid rotation and small scattering length, we rigorously show that the ground state energy converges to that of a simplified model Hamiltonian with contact interaction projected onto the Lowest Landau Level. This effective Hamiltonian models the bosonic analogue of the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect (FQHE). For a fixed number of particles, we also prove convergence of states; in particular, in a certain regime we show convergence towards the bosonic Laughlin wavefunction. This is the first rigorous justification of the effective FQHE Hamiltonian for rapidly rotating Bose gases. We review previous results on this effective Hamiltonian and outline open problems.     

Scaling Limits for the System of Semi-Relativistic Particles Coupled to a Scalar Bose Field

In this paper, the Hamiltonian for the system of semi-relativistic particles interacting with a scalar Bose field is investigated. A scaled total Hamiltonian of the system is defined and its scaling limit is considered. Then, a semi-relativistic Schrödinger operator with an effective potential is derived.     

The stability of a quantized vortex in a dilute Bose gas confined to a toroidal trap

We investigate the stability of a quantized vortex in a weakly interacting Bose gas, trapped in a toroidal container with hard walls. Calculating the excitation spectrum numerically and determining the stability condition by the Landau criterion, we examine the effect of reducing the confinement region of the condensate on the vortex stability. We find that tight confinement of the condensate increases the stabilization of the quantized vortex because an increase in the zero sound velocity due to tight confinement prevents the emergence of the elementary excitation which breaks superfluidity of the Bose system. We also discuss the experimental setup to observe such an effect.     

Quantum phases of Bose gases on a lattice with pair-tunneling

We investigate the strongly interacting lattice Bose gases on a lattice with two-body interaction of nearest neighbors characterized by pair tunneling.The excitation spectrum and the depletion of the condensate of lattice Bose gases are investigated using the Bogoliubov transformation method and the results show that there is a pair condensate as well as a single particle condensate.The various possible quantum phases,such as the Mott-insulator phase(MI),the superfluid phase(SF) of an individual atom,the charge density wave phase(CDW),the supersolid phase(SS),the pair-superfluid(PSF) phase,and the pair-supersolid phase(PSS) are discussed in different parametric regions within our extended Bose-Hubbard model using perturbation theory.     

从一维光晶格中释放的任意子噪声关联函数研究

首先求解具有delta函数型相互作用的任意子气体的含时薛定谔方程,给出了其多体波函数的解析解,并在此基础上详细分析了无相互作用情形和有相互作用情形下任意子噪声关联函数的特性。对于有相互作用的任意子气体,其噪声关联呈现出与无相互作用情形下不同的特性：散射相位具有一定的空间分布,一系列线性而不是尖峰出现在噪声关联函数中;线性的宽度、取向以及位置与任意子的统计参数和粒子间相互作用强度的关系都非常密切。特别地,在TG极限下,也就是相互作用趋于无限大的情形下,任意子的噪声关联函数图样与无相互作用情形下的图样完全相反。     

从一维光晶格中释放的任意子噪声关联函数研究

首先求解具有delta函数型相互作用的任意子气体的含时薛定谔方程,给出了其多体波函数的解析解,并在此基础上详细分析了无相互作用情形和有相互作用情形下任意子噪声关联函数的特性.对于有相互作用的任意子气体,其噪声关联呈现出与无相互作用情形下不同的特性:散射相位具有一定的空间分布,一系列线性而不是尖峰出现在噪声关联函数中;线性的宽度、取向以及位置与任意子的统计参数和粒子间相互作用强度的关系都非常密切.特别地,在TG极限下,也就是相互作用趋于无限大的情形下,粒子间散射相位变为,任意子的噪声关联函数图样与无相互作用情形下的图样完全相反.     

Analytical approach to relaxation dynamics of condensed Bose gases

The temporal evolution of a perturbation of the equilibrium distribution of a condensed Bose gas is investigated using the kinetic equation which describes collision between condensate and noncondensate atoms. The dynamics is studied in the low momentum limit where an analytical treatment is feasible. Explicit results are given for the behavior at large times in different temperature regimes.     

Long Cycles in a Perturbed Mean Field Model of a Boson Gas

In this paper we give a precise mathematical formulation of the relation between Bose condensation and long cycles and prove its validity for the perturbed mean field model of a Bose gas. We decompose the total density ρ=ρ_short+ρ_long into the number density of particles belonging to cycles of finite length (ρ_short) and to infinitely long cycles (ρ_long) in the thermodynamic limit. For this model we prove that when there is Bose condensation, ρ_long is different from zero and identical to the condensate density. This is achieved through an application of the theory of large deviations. We discuss the possible equivalence of ρ_long≠ 0 with off-diagonal long range order and winding paths that occur in the path integral representation of the Bose gas     

Stability of Equilibria with a Condensate

A quantum system composed of a spatially infinitely extended free Bose gas with a condensate, interacting with a quantum dot, which can trap finitely many Bosons, has multiple equilibria at fixed temperature. We extend the notion of return to equilibrium to systems possessing a multitude of equilibrium states and show that the above system returns to equilibrium in a weak coupling sense: any local perturbation of an equilibrium state converges in the long time limit to an asymptotic state. The latter is, modulo an error term, an equilibrium state which depends, in an explicit way, on the initial local perturbation. The error term vanishes in the small coupling limit.We deduce this stability result from properties of structure and regularity of eigenvectors of the Liouville operator, the generator of the dynamics. Among our technical results is a virial theorem for Liouville type operators which has new applications to systems with and without a condensate.Supported by a CRM-ISM postdoctoral fellowship and by McGill University     

Superchemistry: dynamics of coupled atomic and molecular bose-einstein condensates

We analyze the dynamics of a dilute, trapped Bose-condensed atomic gas coupled to a diatomic molecular Bose gas by coherent Raman transitions. This system is shown to result in a new type of "superchemistry," in which giant collective oscillations between the atomic and the molecular gas can occur. The phenomenon is caused by stimulated emission of bosonic atoms or molecules into their condensate phases.