Ομιλητής:
Παναγιώτης Κεβρεκίδης
Καθηγητής στο Τμήμα Μαθηματικών και Στατιστικής στο
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Τίτλος Ομιλίας:
Existence, Stability and Dynamics of Solitary Waves, Vortices and Vortex
Rings in Bose-Einstein Condensates: From Theory to Experiments
Περίληψη Ομιλίας:
In this talk, we will present an overview of some of our recent theoretical,
numerical and experimental efforts concerning the static, stability, bifurcation
and dynamic properties of coherent structures that can emerge in one- and
higher-dimensional settings within Bose-Einstein condensates. We will
discuss how this ultracold setting can be approximated at a mean-field
level by a deterministic PDE of the nonlinear Schrodinger type and what the
fundamental nonlinear waves of the latter are, such as dark solitons (in
1d) and vortices (in 2d), as well as vortex lines and rings (in 3d). Then, we will
try to go to a further layer of simplified description via nonlinear ODEs encompassing
the dynamics of the waves within the traps that confine them, and the
interactions between them. Finally, we will attempt to compare the analytical and numerical implementation of these reduced descriptions to recent experimental results and speculate towards a number of interesting possibilities for the future.
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