Effect of the anharmonicity of the trap on the collective excitations in Bose-Einstein condensates
Xue Ju-Kui
It is investigated that the collective excitations of a one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate(BEC) with repulsive interaction between atoms in a quadratic plus quartic trap V(x)=12(x~2+λx~4).By using the variational approach,the analytical expressions are derived for two low-energy collective modes,and the effect of the anharmonicity of the potential trap on BEC collective excitations is studied.When(λ0) the frequencies will be blue shifted and when λ0 the frequencies will be red shifted.Meanwhile,the variations of the center-of-mass of the condensate and its width under different values of the driving amplitude are discussed.It is found that the two modes couple each other due to the anharmonicity,and the beating structure for the variation of the width occur.Finally,the response result corresponding to the frequency driving is given.
Journal of Northwest Normal University•Jan 1, 2007•0 citations