Ansatz from nonlinear optics applied to trapped Bose–Einstein condensates

Summary

Adapts the similariton-laser intensity-profile ansatz from nonlinear optics as a variational wave function for the Gross–Pitaevskii equation, smoothly interpolating between the noninteracting and Thomas–Fermi limits in symmetric and anisotropic harmonic traps.

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@article{2007_keceli_nonlinear_optics_ansatz_bec,
  title = {Ansatz from nonlinear optics applied to trapped Bose–Einstein condensates},
  author = {Murat Keçeli and F. Ö. Ilday and M. Ö. Oktel},
  journal = {Physical Review A 75, 035601 (2007)},
  year = {2007},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.75.035601}
}