Quantum mechanics of one-dimensional trapped Tonks gases
Abstract
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Several experimental groups are currently working towards realizing quasi-one-dimensional (1D) atom waveguides and loading them with ultracold atoms. The dynamics becomes truly 1D in a regime (Tonks gas) of low temperatures and densities and large positive scattering lengths for which the transverse mode becomes frozen, in which case the many-body Schrodinger dynamics becomes exactly soluble via a Fermi-Bose mapping theorem. In this paper we review our recent work on the exact ground state and quantum dynamics of 1D Tonks gases and assess the possibility of approaching the Tonks regime using Bessel beam optical dipole traps.
29 pages including 10 figures, uses epsfig. Submitted for publication in Laser Physics, 2001 special edition on BEC
29 pages including 10 figures, uses epsfig. Submitted for publication in Laser Physics, 2001 special edition on BEC