Effects of three-body collisions in a two-mode Bose-Einstein condenstate

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Abstract

We study the effects of three-body collisions in the basic physical properties of a two-mode Bose-Einstein condensate. By finding the exact analytical solution of a model which includes two-body and three-body elastic and mode-exchange collisions, we show analytically that three-body interactions produce observable effects in the probability distribution of the ground state and the dynamics of the relative population.

*I. F-S was supported by EPSRC and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Authors

  • Ivette Fuentes-Schuller

    • University of Nottingham
    • University of Nottingham, UK
  • Cristopher Hernandez-Salinas

    • Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
  • Pablo Barberis-Blostein

    • Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
  • Robert B. Mann

    • University of Waterloo