Photon bubbles in ultra-cold matter

Abstract

We show that static and oscillating photon bubbles can be excited by diffused light in the laser cooled matter confined in a magneto-optical trap (MOT). The bubble instability is due to the coupling between the radiation field and the mean field oscillations of the ultra-cold gas, and it can provide a source for low frequency turbulence. We consider a diffusion dominated regime, which can be described by a radiation transport equation, coupled with the mean field equations for the cold atom gas. A perturbative analysis shows the occurrence of two different regimes with either oscillating or purely growing bubbles. This work could also be useful to understand similar processes in astrophysics.

5 pages, 2 figures

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