Critical velocity in cylindrical Bose-Einstein condensates

被引:51
作者
Fedichev, PO
Shlyapnikov, GV
机构
[1] Univ Innsbruck, Inst Theoret Phys, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
[2] FOM, Inst Atom & Mol Phys, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands
[3] Russian Res Ctr, Kurchatov Inst, Moscow 123182, Russia
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2001年 / 63卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.63.045601
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We describe a dramatic decrease of the critical velocity in elongated cylindrical Bose-Einstein condensates which originates from the nonuniform character of the radial density profile. We discuss this mechanism with respect to recent measurements at MIT.
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