Non-equilibrium and finite temperature trapped Bose gases : interactions and decay of macroscopic excitations

In this thesis we study the dynamics of dark solitons, vortices and Josephson effects, in trapped atomic Bose-Einstein condensates. We firstly demonstrate a novel, sound mediated, long-range interaction mechanism between dark solitons using the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Then we present the effect o...

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Main Author: Allen, Ashleigh Joy
Published: University of Newcastle upon Tyne 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.567008