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Beyond mean-field effects in dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensate in two-core trap

Fatkhulla Kh. Abdullaev1,2, Ravil M. Galimzyanov1, and Akbar M. Shermakhmatov1,3

  • 1Physical-Technical Institute, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • 2Institute of Theoretical Physics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • 3“TIIAME” National Research University, Tashkent 100000, Uzbekistan

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Phys. Rev. A 112, 013306 – Published 15 July, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/hr45-tcyb

Abstract

The nonlinear dynamics of quantum droplets in a quasi-one-dimensional BEC loaded in a two-core trap potential are investigated. The cases of standing and moving quantum droplets are considered. The frequencies of the Josephson oscillations and the condition for self-trapping are found. An analytical description is based on the variational approach to a system of coupled extended Gross-Pitaevskii (EGP) equations, including Lee-Huang-Yang correction terms. In the case of moving droplets, the system of equations describing the coupling of the relative motion of droplets in two cores with the dynamics of the relative phase and population imbalance (Josephson currents) is derived. Different regimes of droplet dynamics are found, including attraction and repulsion in dependence on the relative phase evolution. These phenomena are the realization of the Andreev-Bashkin effect for superfluids in a two-core trap potential. Analytical predictions of the model are confirmed by full numerical simulations of the coupled extended Gross-Pitaevskii equations.

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Phys. Rev. A 112, 013306– Published 15 July, 2025
  • Received 3 March 2025
  • Accepted 30 June 2025
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