Oscillating solitons in a three component BEC

Abstract

We investigate the properties of three component BEC systems with spin exchange interactions. We consider different coupling constants from those leading to exact solutions known in the literature. When two solitons collide, an oscillation of the emerging entities is observed. This behavior seems to be generic. A mathematical model is derived for the emerging solitons. It describes the new oscillatory phenomenon extremely well. Surprisingly, the model is exact as a solution to the initial equations. This comes as a bonus.