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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Semiklassische Dynamik ultrakalter Bose-Gase / Semiclassical dynamics of ultracold Bose gases

Simon, Lena 04 April 2013 (has links) (PDF)
Die Dynamik anfänglich aus dem Gleichgewicht gebrachter wechselwirkender Quantenvielteilchensysteme wirft aktuell noch spannende Fragen auf. In Bezug auf die Thermalisierung ist z.B. nach wie vor ungeklärt, in welcher Form sie überhaupt stattfindet und in welchen Observablen bzw. auf welcher Zeitskala sie zu beobachten ist. Eine ideale Grundlage zur Erforschung von Relaxationsdynamiken in wechselwirkenden Vielteilchensystemen bieten ultrakalte Quantengase aufgrund ihrer guten Kontrollier- und Variierbarkeit. Ein allgemeiner theoretischer Rahmen, auf dessen Basis solche Prozesse zu untersuchen sind, steht jedoch infolge der großen Anzahl der beteiligten Freiheitsgrade bisher nicht zur Verfügung. Für ultrakalte bosonische Gase stellt die Gross-Pitaevskii-Gleichung eines der wichtigsten theoretischen Werkzeuge dar, eine klassische Feldgleichung für die Kondensatwellenfunktion in Molekularfeldnäherung. Die ihr zugrunde liegende Näherung erlaubt jedoch keine nicht-trivialen Aussagen über den vollen N-Teilchenzustand, dessen Kenntnis für die Untersuchung einer möglichen Relaxationsdynamik unabdingbar ist. Um der theoretischen Beschreibung des vollen bosonischen Feldes einen Schritt näher zu kommen, untersucht die vorliegende Arbeit die Anwendung semiklassischer Methoden auf ultrakalte Bosegase. Diese sind in der Regel dann sehr genau, wenn die beteiligten Wirkungen groß gegenüber dem Planckschen Wirkungsquantum sind. Für bosonische Felder wird dieser Grenzfall durch die Bedingung einer großen Teilchenzahl ersetzt. Die immense Anzahl an Teilchen in den hier behandelten Vielteilchensystemen macht die Anwendung semiklassischer Methoden auf diesem Gebiet also vielversprechend. Als zentrales Modellsystem wird ein anfänglich aus dem Gleichgewicht gebrachtes ultrakaltes bosonisches Doppelmuldensystem betrachtet, das eine hochinteressante Dynamik aufweist, die auf das Wechselspiel der Tunneldynamik einerseits und der Wechselwirkung der Teilchen untereinander andererseits zurückzuführen ist. Als Referenz lassen sich aufgrund der speziellen Fallengeometrie im Rahmen der Zwei-Moden-Näherung die Ergebnisse einer numerisch exakten Untersuchung heranziehen. Durch den Einsatz der namhaften WKB-Quantisierung und des besonders aus der Molekülphysik bekannten Reflexionsprinzips wird hier ein geschlossener analytischer Ausdruck für die sogenannte Populationsdifferenz im Doppelminimum hergeleitet, der ausschließlich von den wenigen relevanten Systemparametern abhängt. Diese mächtige Formel erlaubt es nun zum ersten Mal, in quantitativer Weise die charakteristische Sequenz aus Oszillationen, Kollapsen und Revivals in Abhängigkeit der vorausgesetzten Parameter zu untersuchen. Nach dieser ersten erfolgreichen Anwendung semiklassischer Methoden im Modellsystem wird über die reduzierte Dynamik der Populationsdifferenz hinausgegangen. Mithilfe des semiklassischen Herman-Kluk-Propagators lässt sich selbst der volle N-Teilchenzustand untersuchen. Da es letztlich um die Beschreibung ultrakalter Bosonen in beliebigen Potentialen gehen soll, wird zunächst der Herman-Kluk-Propagator für eine Feldtheorie vorgestellt. Im Doppelmuldensystem zeigt sich dann in der Anwendung die semiklassische Propagation in der Lage, für alle untersuchten Parameterregime gute Übereinstimmung mit den numerisch exakten Ergebnissen zu liefern. Zusätzlich findet ein Abgleich der Resultate mit der Truncated Wigner Approximation statt, auf die im Forschungsgebiet ultrakalter Bosonen häufig zurück gegriffen wird. Diese beschreibt die Zeitentwicklung einer Wignerverteilung unter Aussparung der Quanteninterferenzen. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird gezeigt, dass die Herman-Kluk-Propagation unter Berücksichtigung der Phasen weit über die Truncated Wigner Approximation hinausgeht: Sie gibt alle wichtigen Charakteristika der Dynamik im Doppelmuldensystem wieder. Um die Semiklassik auf ihre Aussagefähigkeit in Bezug auf eine noch komplexere Dynamik zu untersuchen, wird zum Abschluss das Drei-Topf-System betrachtet, das zusätzlich chaotische Regionen im Phasenraum aufweist. Auch hier zeigt sich, dass die semiklassische Berücksichtigung der Phasen die Truncated Wigner Approximation in den Schatten stellt. Allerdings ergeben sich durch die Instabilität der Trajektorien für stark chaotische Regime numerische Probleme, die es in der Zukunft zu lösen gilt. / The dynamics of initially non equilibrium interacting quantum many body systems is an ongoing and interesting field of research. It is still an open question in which form relaxation occurs in such systems, and in which observables and on which timescales a possible thermalization might appear. A perfect playground for the investigations of relaxation dynamics in interacting many body schemes is provided by ultracold quantum gases, which are easily to be controlled and varied in experiments. However, a general theoretical framework for the investigation of such processes is still missing, due to the huge amount of involved degrees of freedom. One of the main theoretical tools in the field of ultracold bosonic gases represents the famous Gross-Pitaevskii equation, a field equation for the Bose-Einstein condensate wave function in terms of a mean-field approximation. However, the underlying approximation prevents the possibility to draw non-trivial conclusions about the full N-particle state, the information of which is necessary for the analysis of relaxation processes. To gain the theoretical description of the full bosonic field, the present thesis deals with the application of semiclassical methods to ultracold boson gases. Those techniques become in general exact, as long as the involved actions are large compared to Planck's constant. For many body systems it turns out that semiclassics are expected to give good results also for the condition of high particle numbers, which is precisely fulfilled in these schemes, making the semiclassical approaches promising. As an essential model system an initially out of equilibrium ultracold bosonic double-well system is investigated. This configuration provides highly interesting dynamics due to the interplay of the tunneling dynamics on the one hand and the interaction amongst the particles on the other. The special trap geometry makes exact numerical calculations in the framework of the two-mode approximation available, which serve in the following as reference data. By applying the common semiclassical WKB approximation and the reflection principle known from molecule physics, a closed analytical expression for the so-called population imbalance of the bosons in the double-well is derived, depending only on the few relevant system parameters. This mighty formula allows for the first time the quantitative investigation of the characteristic sequence consisting of oscillations, collapse and revivals in dependence on the parameters of the system. Since the semiclassical approaches succeeded for the double-well model so far the so-called Herman-Kluk propagator is adopted, to go beyond the reduced dynamics of the population imbalance. The propagator provides the possibility to treat the full N-particle state theoretically and is introduced for the most general case of a bosonic quantum field. Its application to the double-well system yields for all investigated parameter regimes very good agreement with the numerical exact results. Furthermore the outcomes are compared to the Truncated Wigner approximation, which is frequently used in the research field of ultracold bosons. This approach pictures the time evolution of a Wigner distribution, without taking into account the quantum interferences. In the present thesis it is shown that the Herman-Kluk propagation goes clearly beyond the truncated Wigner approach by considering in addition the quantum phases: The propagator is able to reproduce all of the distinctive features of the double-well dynamics. In order to test the performance of semiclassical methods in matters of even more complex systems, the ultracold bosonic triple-well model is finally considered, which exhibits unlike the double-well scheme chaotic regions in phase space. It turns out that the semiclassical propagation outplays again the truncated Wigner approximation. On the other hand the instability of the highly chaotic trajectories causes numerical problems, which have to be solved in the future.
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Aspects of Quantum Fluctuations under Time-dependent External Influences

Uhlmann, Michael 18 October 2007 (has links) (PDF)
The vacuum of quantum field theory is not empty space but filled with quantum vacuum fluctuations, which give rise to many intriguing effects. The first part of this Thesis addresses cosmic inflation, where the quantum fluctuations of the inflaton field freeze and get amplified in the expanding universe. Afterwards, we turn our attention towards Bose-Einstein condensates, a laboratory system. Since most of our calculations are performed using a mean-field expansion, we will study the accuracy of a finite-range interaction potential onto such an expansion. Exploiting the universality of quantum fluctuations, several aspects of cosmic inflation will be identified in ballistically expanding Bose-Einstein condensates. The effective action technique for calculating the quantum backreaction will be scrutinized. Finally, we consider dynamic quantum phase transitions in the last part of this Thesis. To this end two specific scenarios will be investigated: firstly, the structure formation during the superfluid to Mott-insulator transition in the Bose-Hubbard model; and secondly, the formation of spin domains as a two-dimensional spin-one Bose gas is quenched from the (polar) paramagnetic to the (planar) ferromagnetic phase. During this quench, the symmetry of the ground state is spontaneously broken and vortices (topological defects) form.
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Quantum control of a many-body system in a spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate

Hoang, Thai Minh 13 January 2014 (has links)
Ultracold atoms provide a powerful tool for studying quantum control of interacting many-body systems with well-characterized and controllable Hamiltonians. In this thesis, we demonstrate quantum control of a many-body system consisting of a ferromagnetic spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC). By tuning the Hamiltonian of the system, we can generate either a phase space with an unstable hyperbolic fixed point or a phase space with an elliptical fixed point. A classical pendulum with a stable oscillation about the "down" position and an inverted pendulum with unstable non-equilibrium dynamics about the "up" position are classical analogs of the quantum spin dynamics we investigate in this thesis. In one experiment, we dynamically stabilize the system about an unstable hyperbolic fixed point, which is similar to stabilizing an inverted pendulum. In a second experiment, we parametrically excite the system by modulating the quadratic Zeeman energy. In addition, we demonstrate rectifier phase control as a new method to manipulate the quantum states of the many-body system. This is similar to parametric excitation and manipulation of the oscillation angle of a classical pendulum. These experiments demonstrate the ability to control a quantum system realized in a spinor BEC, and they also can be applied to other quantum systems. In addition, we extend our studies to atoms above the Bose-Einstein transition temperature, and we present results on thermal spin relaxation processes and equilibrium spin populations.
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Rydberg-dressed Bose-Einstein condensates

Henkel, Nils 04 March 2014 (has links) (PDF)
My dissertation treats the physics of ultracold gases, in particular of Bose-Einstein condensates with long-ranged interactions induced by admixing a small fraction of a Rydberg state to the atomic ground state. The resulting interaction leads to the emergence of supersolid states and to the self-trapping of a Bose-Einstein condensate.
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Vers la fabrication d’échantillons permettant la condensation Bose-Einstein de polaritons excitoniques dans des cristaux d’anthracène en microcavités

Robert, Mathieu 08 1900 (has links)
Nous investiguons dans ce travail la création d'échantillons permettant l'étude du comportement des polaritons excitoniques dans les matériaux semi-conducteurs organiques. Le couplage fort entre les états excités d'électrons et des photons impose la création de nouveaux états propres dans le milieu. Ces nouveaux états, les polaritons, ont un comportement bosonique et sont donc capables de se condenser dans un état fortement dégénéré. Une occupation massive de l'état fondamental permet l'étude de comportements explicables uniquement par la mécanique quantique. La démonstration, au niveau macroscopique, d'effets quantiques promet d'éclairer notre compréhension de la matière condensée. De plus, la forte localisation des excitons dans les milieux organiques permet la condensation des polaritons excitoniques organiques à des températures beaucoup plus hautes que dans les semi-conducteurs inorganiques. À terme, les échantillons proposés dans ce travail pourraient donc servir à observer une phase cohérente macroscopique à des températures facilement atteignables en laboratoire. Les cavités proposées sont des résonateurs Fabry-Perot ultraminces dans lesquels est inséré un cristal unique d'anthracène. Des miroirs diélectriques sont fabriqués par une compagnie externe. Une couche d'or de 60 nanomètres est ensuite déposée sur leur surface. Les miroirs sont ensuite mis en contact, or contre or, et compressés par 2,6 tonnes de pression. Cette pression soude la cavité et laisse des espaces vides entre les lignes d'or. Une molécule organique, l'anthracène, est ensuite insérée par capillarité dans la cavité et y est cristallisée par la suite. Dans leur état actuel, les cavités présentent des défauts majeurs quant à la planarité des miroirs et à l'uniformité des cristaux. Un protocole détaillé est présenté et commenté dans ce travail. Nous y proposons aussi quelques pistes pour régler les problèmes courants de l'appareil. / In this work we investigate the creation of samples for the study of the behavior of excitonic polaritons in organic semiconductor materials. The strong coupling between the excited states of electrons and photons implies the creation new eigenstates in the medium. These new states, called polaritons, are composite bosons and are therefore capable of condensing in a strongly degenerated state. A massive occupation of the ground state allows the study of behaviors that are only explainable by quantum mechanics. A macroscopic demonstration of quantum effects offers a rare opportunity for scientific research and discoveries. The strong localization of excitons in organic materials allows condensation of exciton polaritons at temperatures much higher than in inorganic semiconductors. Therefore the samples proposed in this work could ultimately be used to observe a macroscopic coherent phase at temperatures easily attainable in a laboratory. The cavities proposed in this work are Fabry-Perot resonators in which anthracene is inserted and crystalized. The mirrors used in the resonator are dielectric reflectors made by a external company according to our specifications. A gold layer of 60 nm is deposited on their surface. The mirrors are then brought into contact, gold against gold, and compressed by 2.6 tons of pressure. This pressure seals the cavity and leaves voids between the gold lines. An organic molecule, anthracene, is then inserted in by capillary inside the cavity voids and subsequently crystallized by controlled cooling. In their current state cavities have defects regarding the planarity of the mirrors and the uniformity of the crystals. A detailed protocol is presented and discussed in this work.
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Caractérisation et modélisation de l’aimant organique NIT-2Py

Gauthier, Nicolas 08 1900 (has links)
L'aimant organique NIT-2Py a été caractérisé expérimentalement et ses propriétés ont été simulées numériquement à partir de la théorie de la fonctionnelle de la densité. Le magnétisme dans ce matériau provient de la présence d'un électron non apparié sur chaque molécule qui a ainsi un moment magnétique non nul. Ceci a été confirmé par des simulations sur une molécule isolée. Les molécules de NIT-2Py cristallisent dans le groupe d'espace P21/c avec huit molécules par maille élémentaire pour former la structure cristalline Alpha étudiée dans ce document. Le moment effectif de la susceptibilité et l'entropie magnétique totale montre que ce matériau est un système de spins 1/2 avec un spin par molécule. Les mesures de chaleur spécifique ont mis en évidence la présence de deux phases magnétiques ordonnées à basse température qui sont séparées par un plateau en aimantation. Une première phase est observée à des champs magnétiques inférieurs à 2.2 T et a une température de transition de 1.32 K en champ nul. Les mesures de susceptibilité magnétique et d'aimantation ont permis d'établir que cette phase ordonnée est antiferromagnétique. Ceci est confirmé par les simulations numériques. La deuxième phase est induite par le champ magnétique avec une température de transition de 0.53 K à 6 T. L'information disponible sur cette phase est limitée et l'étude du système à l'extérieur des phases ordonnées en donne une meilleure compréhension. Un modèle de spins S=1/2 isolés et de dimères S=0 isolés reproduit bien les mesures d'aimantation et de chaleur spécifique au-dessus de 3 K. L'application d'un champ magnétique réduit l'écart d'énergie entre le singulet et le triplet du dimère jusqu'au croisement qui se produit à 6 T. La phase induite émerge précisément à ce croisement et on spécule l'existence d'un condensat de Bose-Einstein des états triplets. / The organic magnet built from NIT-2Py molecules has been characterized experimentally and its properties have been simulated using density functional theory. In this material, an unpaired electron carrying a magnetic moment on each molecule is responsible for the magnetism. This has been confirmed by numeric simulations on an isolated molecule. NIT-2Py molecules crystallize in space group P21/c with eight molecules per unit cell to form crystalline phase Alpha studied in this document. The effective moment obtained from magnetic susceptibility and the total magnetic entropy show that this material is a spin 1/2 system with one spin per molecule. Specific heat measurements have highlighted the presence of two magnetically ordered phases at low temperature, which are separated by a plateau in magnetization. A first phase is observed at magnetic field lower than 2.2 T and has a transition temperature of 1.32 K in zero field. Magnetic susceptibility and magnetization measurements have established that this ordered phase is antiferromagnetic. This is confirmed by numeric simulations. The second phase is induced by a magnetic field and has a transition temperature of 0.53 K at 6 T. Information concerning the field induced phase is limited and a study of the system above the transition temperatures helps to gain a better understanding. A model of isolated spins S=1/2 and isolated dimers S=0 reproduces nicely the specific heat and magnetization data above 3 K. The application of a magnetic field reduces the energy gap between the singlet and the triplet of the dimer and the crossover between these levels is observed at 6 T. The field induced phase emerges precisely at this crossover suggesting the occurrence of a Bose-Einstein condensation of triplets states.
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Phase separation and spin domains in quasi-1D spinor condensates / Séparation de phase et domaines de spin dans un condensat spineur quasi-1D

Invernizzi, Andrea 09 November 2017 (has links)
Dans ce manuscrit, nous présentons une étude expérimentale d’un gaz de Bose de spin-1 avec des interactions antiferromagnétiques, réalisée pour des atomes de sodium ultra-froids dans l’état hyperfin F=1. Gr au refroidissement évaporatif, nous obtenons un condensat de Bose-Einstein (CBE) spineur, soit dans un piège très confinant (« piège 0D »), soit sous la forme d’un quasi-condensat quasi-unidimensionnel dans un piège très allongé. Les deux systèmes présentent un ordre magnétique a très basse température, qui résulte de la compétition entre les interactions d’échange et l’énergie Zeeman quadratique q dans un champ magnétique externe. Nous étudions dans un premier temps l’ordre magnétique se forme dans le piège 0D. À très bassetempérature deux phases magnétiques sont possible : une phase dite « antiferromagnétique » pour q < Us, ou une phase dite « à aimantation transverse » dans le cas inverse. Dans ce travail, nous nous plaçons près de la température critique. Nous mesurons plusieurs scénarios de condensation séquentielles en changeant la magnétisation et le champ magnétique externe, ou une composante Zeeman condense toujours en premier et ou l’ordre magnétique n’apparait qu’à une seconde température de condensation. Les résultats expérimentaux pour les températures critiques sont bien décrits par une théorie d’Hartree-Fock simplifiée dans les cas ou une seule composante Zeeman est condensée. Dans un second temps, nous étudions l’ordre magnétique du système quasi-unidimensionnel a basse température. On observe la formation de domaines de spin ou les composantes Zeeman se sépare spontanément en domaines disjoints en l’absence de force extérieure (par exemple, un gradient de champ magnétique). On étudie l’état d’équilibre du système en fonction de la magnétisation et du champ magnétique. On observe une transition de phase entre une phase miscible et une phase immiscible ou la composante Zeeman mF = 0 forme un domaine séparé de mF = ±1 dans le centre du piège. L’équation d’état d’un nuage polarisé (atomes dans l’état mF = +1) est utilisée pourmesurer la température du système. Enfin, nous mesurons la réponse mécanique a une force magnétique appliquée pour un système binaire mF = 0, +1. Nous mesures une exaltation de la réponse par rapport a l’attente na basée sur l’effet Zeeman habituel, d’un facteur qui peut varier de plusieurs dizaines a environ cent. La configuration spatiale des domaines est ainsi sensible a de très faibles gradients de champ magnétique inférieurs au mG/cm. / In this thesis we present the experimental study of a spin-1 Bose gas of ultra-cold Na atoms with antiferromagnetic interactions in the F=1 manifold. Thanks to evaporative cooling in optical traps we obtain, depending on the trap geometry, quasi-pure spinor Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) in 0D traps and quasi-condensates in quasi-1D traps. The quantum-statistical Bose enhancement, typical of BEC, allows inter-component interactions (between the different Zeeman components) to order the system just below the Bose-Einstein condensation temperature. The magnetic ordering of the system is set: by contact interactions, that do not change the Zeeman populations, by spin-exchange interactions (U_s spin-exchange energy), that do, and by the quadratic Zeeman energy q. In particular, for q < U_s the system is in the antiferromagnetic phase while, for q > U_s, is in the transverse magnetised phase. We study first in which order the magnetic ordering appears, in the 0D trap, near to the critical temperature for BEC. We experimentally study different condensations scenarii varying q and magnetisation. The condensation of the different components is sequential and strongly influenced by interactions. We find a good agreement between the experimental data and a simplified Hartree-Fock model.Then we study the magnetic ordering, at T=0, in a quasi-1D trap. The system presents the formation of spin domains. We study the ground state of the system varying magnetisation and q. We observe a transition from the miscible to the immiscible phase, associated with the transition from the antiferromagnetic to the transverse magnetised phase. This is due to the relative strengths of inter-species contact interaction. To measure the temperature of the system, we measure the equation of state for a polarised cloud (all atoms in m_F=+1). Finally, we prepare the system in the immiscible phase m_F=0,+1 and we measure the spin-dipole polarisability of the system.
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Solução variacional para um condensado atrativo e colapsante / A variational solution for the collapsing attractive condensate

Lôbo, Adriano Malta 29 May 2009 (has links)
Among the wide range of remarkable experimentson dilute Bose-Einstein condensates has been the observed dynamics of attractive condensatesexhibiting collapse and subsequent explosion. For attractive condensates the collapse occurs when the number of atoms N becomes higher than a critical value Nc. After a collapse, the number of atoms N in the condensate is reduced so that for N below Nc A stable configuration is attained. By increasing the number of atoms in the condensate up to the point where N>Nc a further collapse is induced and so on, this process may be repeated and a series of collapses may be observed.In this work we investigate analytically the behavior of the collapsing condensate within the framework of a nonlinear Gross-Pitaevskii equation, suitable to describe the dynamics of the order parameter Ψ(r, t ) of a Bose-Einstein condensatemagnetically trapped in a harmonic three-dimensional potential.Two and three-body inelastic collisions which remove atoms from the condensate are included.By using a variational approach based on d’Alembert ́s principle and suitable for non-conservative systems wefindananalyticalsolutionforacollapsingBose-Einsteincondensate.We demonstrate that a Gaussianansatzcapturesremarkablywellthesequenceofimplosionand explosionobservedinattractivecondensates. / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Entre o vasto leque de experiências notáveis em condensados de Bose-Einstein diluídos, foi observada a dinâmica de condensados atrativos exibindo colapso e subseqüente explosão. Para condensados atrativos, o colapso ocorre quando o número de átomos N torna-se maior que um valor crítico Nc'N>Nc. Após um colapso, o número de átomos no condensado é reduzido tal que, para N abaixo de Nc uma configuração estável é atingida. Aumentando o número de átomos no condensado até o ponto onde N>Nc outro colapso é induzido e, assim por diante, esse processo será repetido e uma série de colapsos pode ser observada. Neste trabalho, nós investigamos analiticamente o comportamento do condensado colapsante no âmbito de uma equação de Gross-Pitaevskii não-linear, apropriada para descrever a dinâmica do parâmetro de ordem Ψ(r, t ) de um condensado de Bose-Einstein magneticamente aprisionado em um potencial harmônico tridimensional. Colisões inelásticas de dois e três corpos que removem átomos do condensado são incluídas. Usando uma abordagem variacional baseada no princípio de D’Alembert e apropriada para sistemas não-conservativos nós encontramos uma solução analítica para o condensado de Bose-Einstein colapsante. Nós demonstramos que um ansatz Gaussiano captura notavelmente bem a seqüência de implosões e explosões observada em condensados atrativos.
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Método variacional dependente do tempo para a equação de Schrödinger não linear e não-local em condensados de Bose-Einstein / Time-dependent variational method for the non-linear and non-local Schrödinger equation in Bose-Einstein condensates

Soares, Luiz Gustavo Ferreira January 2016 (has links)
Condensação de Bose-Einstein é um fenômeno quântico que pode ser observado macroscopicamente. Para a sua obtenção são necessários aprisionamentos externos, porém a presença desses leva ao colapso da função de onda. As interações de longo alcance são propostas como uma forma alternativa ao confinamento externo, um vez que podem prevenir o colapso da função de onda. Neste trabalho será apresentada uma revisão sobre os estudos de condensados de Bose-Einstein. Também, será buscada a solução aproximada da equação de Schrödinger não linear e não-local, a qual descreve condensados de Bose-Einstein com auto-interações de longo alcance. Para isso, será suposta uma forma espacial da função de onda, permitindo o tratamento analítico do sistema dinâmico resultante. Ao fim, por meio do método variacional dependente do tempo, será demonstrado que existem soluções estáveis para a função de onda sujeito a interações de longo alcance na forma gaussiana e gravitacional. / Bose-Einstein condensation is a quantum phenomenon that can be observed macroscopically. External trappings are required to obtain them, however the presence of these leads to the collapse of the wave function. Long-range interactions are proposed as an alternative to external confinement, since they can prevent the collapse of the wave function. In this work a review will be presented on the Bose-Einstein condensate studies. Also, we review the approximate solution of the non-linear and non-local Schrödinger equation, which describes Bose-Einstein condensates with long-range auto-interactions. For this, a spatial form of the wave function will be assumed, allowing the analytical treatment of the system. Finally, through the time-dependent variational method, it will be demonstrated that there are stable solutions for the wave function subject to long-range interactions in gaussian and gravitational form.
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Tópicos de teoria de campos com aplicações a condensados de Bose-Einstein / Topics of field theory with applications in Bose-Einstein condensales

Valéria de Carvalho Souza 30 October 2014 (has links)
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / A tese de doutorado apresenta uma aplicação de técnicas de teoria de campos em um sistema da matéria condensada. Motivados por experimentos em gases atômicos, apresentamos um estudo sobre misturas binárias de gases atômicos na presença de uma interação do tipo Josephson. O foco principal é o estudo de um modelo de dois campos complexos não-relativisticos com simetria O(2). Esta simetria é quebrada por interações que produzem um desbalanço nas populações das duas espécies bosônicas. Estudamos o modelo na aproximação de campo médio mais flutuações gaussianas, usando o formalismo de teoria de campos a temperatura finita em tempo imaginário. Os resultados mostram que, num certo intervalo de temperaturas, as duas espécies bosônicas condensam à mesma temperatura crítica e a fase relativa do condensado é fixa, determinada pela fase do campo externo aplicado. / The thesis apresents an applications of field theory techniques in a condensed matter system. Motivated by experiments in atomic gases, we present a study of binary mixture of atomic gases in the presence of an interaction type Josephson. The main focus is the study of a model of two complex fields with non-relativistic symmetry O(2). This symmetry is broken by interactions that produce an inbalance in the populations of the two species bosonic. We study the model in the mean-field approximattion more gaussian fluctuations, using the formalism of field theory at finite temperature in imaginary time. The results show that in a certain temperature range, the two bosonic species condense the same critical temperature and the ralative phase of the condensate is fixed and determined by the applied external field phase.

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