Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Wave Propagations in theF=1 Spinor Bose–Einstein Condensates
Miki Wadati, Naoshi Tsuchida
Abstract
Propagations of nonlinear waves in the quasi-one dimensional F =1 spinor Bose–Einstein condensates are studied. The three-component macroscopic wavefunction obeys a generalized Gross–Pitaevskii equation (nonlinear Schrödinger equation). Plane wave and solitary wave solutions are obtained explicitly. It is shown that the analysis of the plane waves leads to a classification of solitary waves, which are known as polar solitons and ferromagnetic solitons.