arXiv · 1605.04964
Ground-state phase diagram of a dipolar condensate with quantum fluctuations
Abstract
We consider the ground state properties of a trapped dipolar condensate under the influence of quantum fluctuations. We show that this system can undergo a phase transition from a low density condensate state to a high density droplet state, which is stabilized by quantum fluctuations. The energetically favored state depends on the geometry of the confining potential, the number of atoms and the two-body interactions. We develop a simple variational ansatz and validate it against full numerical solutions. We produce a phase diagram for the system and present results relevant to current experiments with dysprosium and erbium condensates.
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R. N. Bisset, R. M. Wilson, D. Baillie, P. B. Blakie. 2016-05-16. Ground-state phase diagram of a dipolar condensate with quantum fluctuations. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.94.033619
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