Soliton interaction in a bright soliton train of a rotating Bose-Einstein condensate

Hao Zhu, Deng‐Shan Wang, Hao Yu +3 more

Sadhan K Adhikari

Using the explicit numerical solution of the axially symmetric Gross–Pitaevskii equation we study the dynamics of interaction among vortex solitons in a rotating matter-wave bright soliton train in a radially trapped and axially free Bose–Einstein condensate to understand certain features of the experiment by Strecker et al (2002 Nature 417 150). In a soliton train, solitons of opposite phase (phase δ = π) repel and stay apart without changing shape; solitons with δ = 0 attract, interact and coalesce, but eventually come out; solitons with a general δ usually repel but interact inelastically by exchanging matter. We study this and suggest future experiments with vortex solitons.

Josselin C. Garnier, F. Kh. Abdullaev

F. Kh. Abdullaev, Josselin C. Garnier

Usama Al Khawaja, Henk T. C. Stoof, Randall G. Hulet +2 more

We variationally determine the dynamics of bright soliton trains composed of harmonically trapped Bose-Einstein condensates with attractive interatomic interactions. In particular, we obtain the interaction potential between two solitons. We also discuss the formation of soliton trains due to the quantum mechanical phase fluctuations of a one-dimensional condensate.

Hiroki Saito