Centrifugal Effects in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Abstract

Single particle states in the atomic trap employing the rotating magnetic field are found using the full time-dependent instantaneous trapping potential. These states are compared with those of the effective time-averaged potential. We show that the trapping is possible when the frequency of the rotations exceeds some threshold. Slightly above this threshold the weakly interacting gas of the trapped atoms acquires the properties of a quasi-1D system in the frame rotating together with the field. The role of the atom-atom interaction in changing the ideal gas solution is discussed. We show that in the limit of large numbers of particles the rotating field whose angular frequency is appropriately modulated can be utilized as a driving force principally for the center of mass motion as well as for the angular momentum $L = 2$ normal modes of the Bose condensate. A mechanism of quantum evaporation forced by the rotating field is analyzed.