arXiv · cond-mat/0207158
Enhancement of the scissors mode of an expanding Bose-Einstein condensate
Abstract
We study the time-evolution of the scissors mode of a Bose-Einstein condensate during the ballistic expansion after release from the magnetic trap. We show that despite the nontrivial character of the superfluid expansion, the sinusoidal behavior of the scissor oscillations is recovered after an asymptotic expansion, with an enhancement of the final amplitude. We investigate this phenomenon with a condensate held in an elongated magnetostatic potential, whose particular shape allows for the excitation of the scissors mode.
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M. Modugno, G. Modugno, G. Roati, C. Fort, M. Inguscio. 2002-07-05. Enhancement of the scissors mode of an expanding Bose-Einstein condensate. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.67.023608
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