1998/03/25 by Alberto Parola, Luca Salasnich, L. Reatto +1 · 2 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Strong Light-Matter Interactions #cond-mat
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.57.r3180
11 pages, Latex, 2 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. A
arxiv created 1998/03/25 · openalex publication_date 1998/05/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We investigate the form and stability of a cloud of atoms confined in a harmonic trap when the scattering length is negative. We find that, besides the known low-density metastable solution, a different branch of Bose condensate appears at higher density when nonlocality effects in the attractive part are taken into account. The transition between the two classes of solutions as a function of the number N of atoms can be either sharp or smooth according to the strength and range of the attractive interaction. Use of tight traps is favorable for investigating the evolution of the system, as the strength of the effective interaction increases with N.