Soliton Solution for Particle in One-Dimensional Box

ANJALI JANGID, Pooja Devi, Harsh Soni +1 more

ANJALI JANGID, Pooja Devi, Harsh Soni +1 more

Andrzej Syrwid, Krzysztof Sacha

The Schr\"odinger equation for a Bose gas with repulsive contact interactions in a one-dimensional space may be solved analytically with the help of the Bethe ansatz if we impose periodic boundary conditions. It was shown that for such a system there exist many-body eigenstates directly corresponding to dark soliton solutions of the mean-field equation. The system is still integrable if one switches from the periodic boundary conditions to an infinite-square-well potential. The corresponding eigenstates were constructed by Gaudin. We analyze the weak-interaction limit of Gaudin's solutions and identify the parametrization of eigenstates strictly connected with single and multiple dark solitons. Numerical simulations of measurements of the particles' positions reveal dark solitons in the weak-interaction regime and their quantum nature in the presence of strong interactions.

David O Hayward

N. H. Christ, T. D. Lee

Caio Lima Firme

This chapter discusses the problem of one particle in a one-dimensional box free of the potential energy inside the box, that is, no external force is exerted on the particle inside the box. The corresponding Schrödinger equation is given along with the boundary conditions which yields an elliptic second-order differential equation and the solutions are given next: the wave function, quantum numbers and corresponding energy. The normalized wave function is also given which is similar to that of the one-particle harmonic oscillator. Afterwards, the Hamiltonian function of the particle in a bidimensional box is given along with its wave function that is the product of two wave function of the particle in a one-dimensional box and the energy is the sum of two energy components, x and y, of the particle in a one-dimensional box. Finally, there is a couple of exercises to plot the wave functions of a rectangular box to find the probability density of the wave function for a symmetrical box. (164 words).