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Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Hartree-Fock calculation for trapped, two-dimensional interacting Bose gases of finite size

Jae Gil Kim, Kab Seok Kang, Bong Soo Kim, Eok Kyun Lee

Published Jun 22, 2000• 7 citations
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Abstract

The mean-field properties of trapped, two-dimensional interacting Bose gases of finite size are surveyed numerically. The coupled nonlinear equations of the Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) equation and the Hartree-Fock equation for the condensate and the thermal component, respectively, are calculated by the hybrid method, in which the GP equation and the low-lying excitations less than cut-off energy are calculated quantum mechanically using the basis representation, while the high-lying states are obtained within the local density approximation. Consistent solutions are obtained for the whole range of temperatures including the critical temperature by determining the thermodynamic chemical potential µ from the condition that the total atomic number must be the desired value, instead of identifying µ with the eigenvalue of the GP equation. Comparisons with the results of the semiclassical two-fluid model are presented.

DOI
10.1088/0953-4075/33/13/315

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The mean-field properties of trapped, two-dimensional interacting Bose gases of finite size are surveyed numerically. The coupled nonlinear equations of the Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) equation and the Hartree-Fock equation for the condensate and the thermal component, respectively, are calculated by the hybrid method, in which the GP equation and the low-lying excitations less than cut-off energy are calculated quantum mechanically using the basis representation, while the high-lying states are obtained within the local density approximation. Consistent solutions are obtained for the whole range of temperatures including the critical temperature by determining the thermodynamic chemical potential µ from the condition that the total atomic number must be the desired value, instead of identifying µ with the eigenvalue of the GP equation. Comparisons with the results of the semiclassical two-fluid model are presented.
The mean-field properties of finite-temperature Bose-Einstein gases confined in spherically symmetric harmonic traps are surveyed numerically. The solutions of the Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) and Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) equations for the condensate and low-lying quasiparticle excitations are calculated self-consistently using the discrete variable representation, while the most high-lying states are obtained with a local-density approximation. Consistency of the theory for temperatures through the Bose condensation point Tc{T}_{c}Tc​ requires that the thermodynamic chemical potential differ from the eigenvalue of the GP equation; the appropriate modifications lead to results that are continuous as a function of the particle interactions. The HFB equations are made gapless either by invoking the Popov approximation or by renormalizing the particle interactions. The latter approach effectively reduces the strength of the effective scattering length asc,{a}_{\mathrm{sc}},asc​, increases the number of condensate atoms at each temperature, and raises the value of Tc{T}_{c}Tc​ relative to the Popov approximation. The renormalization effect increases approximately with the log of the atom number, and is most pronounced at temperatures near Tc.{T}_{c}.Tc​. Comparisons with the results of quantum Monte Carlo calculations and various local-density approximations are presented, and experimental consequences are discussed.
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In Chapter 6, we derived a generalized Gross–Pitaevskii condensate equation which is coupled to a kinetic equation for the distribution function for the thermal atoms. However, the kinetic equation in Chapter 6 is only valid in the semiclassical limit. It involves the assumption that the thermal energy k B T is much greater than the spacing between the harmonic trap energy levels ( k B T ≫ω 0 where ω 0 is the trap frequency) and also much greater than the average interaction energy ( k B T ≫ gn ). The ZNG model, based on HF excitations, is still expected to be adequate down to quite low temperatures in trapped Bose gases, as will be shown by the results in Chapter 12. However, the ZNG model will break down at very low temperatures, where the Hartree–Fock excitations must be replaced by the Bogoliubov spectrum. To deal with this, one has to derive a kinetic equation for the Bogoliubov quasiparticle excitations. This is the goal of the present chapter. In this chapter, we use the second-order Beliaev approximation to discuss the nonequilibrium dynamics of a trapped Bose-condensed gas at finite temperatures. In doing to, we combine the second-order Beliaev self-energies with the lower-order Bogoliubov excitation spectrum, including off-diagonal single-particle propagators but still omitting the anomalous correlation functions. This last condition defines the Bogoliubov–Popov approximation. In this chapter, we consider only the damping which arises from collisions. We will not explicitly calculate corrections that are second-order in g to the quasiparticle energy spectrum or to the condensate chemical potential, both of which are associated with the real parts of the second-order Beliaev self-energies. The present chapter is a natural generalization of work presented in Chapter 6 for the simpler HF excitation spectrum assumed in the ZNG analysis.
A method is proposed for a self-consistent evaluation of the coupling constant in the Gross-Pitaevskii equation without involving a pseudopotential replacement. A renormalization of the coupling constant occurs due to medium effects and the trapping potential, e.g., in quasi-1D or quasi-2D systems. It is shown that a simplified version of the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approximation leads to a variational problem for both the condensate and a two-body wave function describing the behavior of a pair of bosons in the Bose-Einstein condensate. The resulting coupled equations are free of unphysical divergences. Particular cases of this scheme that admit analytical estimations are considered and compared to the literature. In addition to the well-known cases of low-dimensional trapping, crossover regimes can be studied. The values of the kinetic, interaction, external, and release energies in low dimensions are also evaluated and contributions due to short-range correlations are found to be substantial.
We present a detailed finite-temperature Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) treatment of the two-dimensional trapped Bose gas. We highlight the numerical methods required to obtain solutions to the HFB equations within the Popov approximation, the derivation of which we outline. This method has previously been applied successfully to the three-dimensional case and we focus on the unique features of the system which are due to its reduced dimensionality. These can be found in the spectrum of low-lying excitations and in the coherence properties. We calculate the Bragg response and the coherence length within the condensate in analogy with experiments performed in the quasi-one-dimensional regime [Richard et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 010405 (2003)] and compare to results calculated for the one-dimensional case. We then make predictions for the experimental observation of the quasicondensate phase via Bragg spectroscopy in the quasi-two-dimensional regime.