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Canadian Journal of Physics

Symmetry breaking and tunneling dynamics of a dipolar Bose–Einstein condensate in a double-well potential

Yuan Sheng Wang, Ping Long, Bo Zhang, Hong Zhang

Published Nov 14, 2017• 3 citations
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Abstract

We investigate the properties of a three-dimensional (3D) dipolar Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) in a double-well potential (DWP). Symmetry breaking and tunneling dynamics phenomena are demonstrated for 164Dy atoms in the 3D DWP using an effective two-mode model. The results show that the symmetry properties of the dynamics are affected markedly by the long-range nature and anisotropy of the dipolar interaction and the isotropic contact interaction.

DOI
10.1139/cjp-2017-0565

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