Properties of two-species Bose condensates

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作者
Pu, H [1 ]
Bigelow, NP
机构
[1] Univ Rochester, Dept Phys & Astron, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[2] Univ Rochester, Laser Energet Lab, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.1130
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We present theoretical studies of a two-species Bose condensate. Using a new numerical method, we have calculated ground state wave functions and show that, due to interspecies interactions, the condensate mixture displays novel behavior not found in a pure condensate. We compared our results with those of the Thomas-Fermi approximation (TFA) and find that under a broad range of conditions the TFA can be reliably used to predict many qualitative features of the condensates, Using our technique, we have modeled a recent JILA experiment on dual spin-state Rb-87 condensate. Finally, collective excitations of double condensates are discussed. [S0031-9007(97)05211-3].
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页码:1130 / 1133
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