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Feshbach resonance induced shock waves in Bose-Einstein condensates

Victor M. Perez-Garcia, Vladimir V. Konotop, Valeryi A. Brazhnyi

cond-mat.softarXiv:cond-mat/0311076

Abstract

We propose a method for generating shock waves in Bose-Einstein condensates by rapidly increasing the value of the nonlinear coefficient using Feshbach resonances. We show that in a cigar-shaped condensate there exist primary (transverse) and secondary (longitudinal) shock waves. We analyze how the shocks are generated in multidimensional scenarios and describe the phenomenology associated with the phenomenon.

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