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arxiv: 0901.2807 · v2 · submitted 2009-01-19 · ❄️ cond-mat.other

Occupation Statistics of a BEC for a Driven Landau-Zener Crossing

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We consider an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) loaded in a biased double-well trap with tunneling rate $K$ and inter-atomic interaction $U$. The BEC is prepared such that all $N$ atoms are in the left well. We drive the system by sweeping the potential difference $\epsilon$ between the two wells. Depending on the interaction $u=NU/K$, and the sweep rate $\dot{\epsilon}$, we distinguish three dynamical regimes: adiabatic, diabatic, and sudden, and consider the occupation statistics of the final state. The analysis goes beyond mean-field theory and is complemented by a semiclassical picture.

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