Scattering of a two-soliton molecule by Gaussian potential barriers and wells
Two anti-phase bright solitons in a dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate can form stable bound states, known as soliton molecules. In this paper we study the scattering of a twosoliton molecule by external potential, using the simplest and analytically tractable Gaussian potential barriers and wells,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English English |
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Institute of Physics Publishing (UK)
2016
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| Summary: | Two anti-phase bright solitons in a dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate can form
stable bound states, known as soliton molecules. In this paper we study the scattering of a twosoliton
molecule by external potential, using the simplest and analytically tractable Gaussian
potential barriers and wells, in one spatial dimension. Theoretical model is based on the
variational approximation for the nonlocal Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE). At sufficiently
low velocity of the incident molecule we observe quantum reflection from the potential well.
Predictions of the mathematical model are compared with numerical simulations of the GPE,
and good qualitative agreement between them is demonstrated. |
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