Instabilities and the roton spectrum of a quasi-1D Bose-Einstein condensed gas with dipole-dipole interactions

dc.creatorGiovanazzi, Stefano
dc.creatorO'Dell, Duncan H J
dc.date2004-11-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:02:21Z
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dc.descriptionWe point out the possibility of having a roton-type excitation spectrum in a quasi-1D Bose-Einstein condensate with dipole-dipole interactions. Normally such a system is quite unstable due to the attractive portion of the dipolar interaction. However, by reversing the sign of the dipolar interaction using either a rotating magnetic field or a laser with circular polarization, a stable cigar-shaped configuration can be achieved whose spectrum contains a `roton' minimum analogous to that found in helium II. Dipolar gases also offer the exciting prospect to tune the depth of this `roton' minimum by directly controlling the interparticle interaction strength. When the minimum touches the zero-energy axis the system is once again unstable, possibly to the formation of a density wave.
dc.description7 pages, 6 figures. Special Issue: "Ultracold Polar Molecules: Formation and Collisions"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0411678
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0411678
dc.identifierThe European Physical Journal D 31, 439 (2004)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1140/epjd/e2004-00146-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/25369
dc.subjectOther Condensed Matter
dc.titleInstabilities and the roton spectrum of a quasi-1D Bose-Einstein condensed gas with dipole-dipole interactions
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