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Communications in Computational Physics

The Quantum Lattice Boltzmann Equation: Recent Developments

Silvia Palpacelli, Sauro Succi A

Published Nov 5, 2008• 18 citations
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Abstract

The derivation of the quantum lattice Boltzmann model is reviewed with special emphasis on recent developments of the model, namely, the extension to a multi-dimensional formulation and the application to the computation of the ground state of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE). Numerical results for the linear and nonlinear Schrödinger equation and for the ground state solution of the GPE are also presented and validated against analytical results or other classical schemes such as Crank-Nicholson.

DOI
10.4208/cicp.2008.v4.p980

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The results of recently developed investigations, that have been carried out within the framework of the controlling potential method (CPM), are reviewed. This method allows one to decompose a three dimensional (3D) Gross‐Pitaevskii equation (GPE) into the pair of coupled Schrödinger‐type equations. Under suitable mathematical conditions, the solutions of the 3D controlled GPE can be constructed from the solutions of a 2D linear Schrödinger equation (the transverse component of the GPE) coupled with a 1D nonlinear Schrödinger equation (the longitudinal component of the GPE). Such decomposition allows one to cast the solutions in the form of the product of the solutions of the transverse and the longitudinal components of the GPE. The coupling between these two equations is the functional of both the transverse and the longitudinal profiles. It is shown that the CPM can be used to obtain a new class of three‐dimensional solitary waves solutions of the GPE, which governs the dynamics of Bose‐Einstein condensates. By imposing an external controlling potential, the desired time‐dependent shape of the localized BECs is obtained. The stability of the exact solutions was checked with direct simulations of the time ‐dependent, three‐dimensional GPE. Our simulations show that the localized condensates are stable with respect to perturbed initial conditions.