arXiv · 1505.01671
Instanton theory for bosons in disordered speckle potential
Abstract
We study the tail of the spectrum for non-interacting bosons in a blue-detuned random speckle potential. Using an instanton approach we derive the asymptotic behavior of the density of states in d dimensions. The leading corrections resulting from fluctuations around the saddle point solution are obtained by means of the Gel'fand-Yaglom method generalized to functional determinants with zero modes. We find a good agreement with the results of numerical simulations in one dimension. The effect of weak repulsive interactions in the Lifshitz tail is also discussed.
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G. M. Falco, Andrei A. Fedorenko. 2015-05-07. Instanton theory for bosons in disordered speckle potential. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.92.023412
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