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arXiv:cond-mat/0508210 · Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Dynamics of Macroscopic Wave Packet Passing through Double Slits: Role of Gravity and Nonlinearity

Katsuhiro Nakamura, Naofumi Nakazono, Taro Ando

Published Oct 1, 2005• 2 citations
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Abstract

Using the nonlinear Schroedinger equation (Gross-Pitaevskii equation), the dynamics of a macroscopic wave packet for Bose-Einstein condensates falling through double slits is analyzed. This problem is identified with a search for the fate of a soliton showing a head-on collision with a hard-walled obstacle of finite size. We explore the splitting of the wave packet and its reorganization to form an interference pattern. Particular attention is paid to the role of gravity (g) and repulsive nonlinearity (u_0) in the fringe pattern. The peak-to-peak distance in the fringe pattern and the number of interference peaks are found to be proportional to g^(-1/2) and u_0^(1/2)g^(1/4), respectively. We suggest a way of designing an experiment under controlled gravity and nonlinearity.

DOI
10.1143/jpsj.74.2647

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