Detecting a logarithmic nonlinearity in the Schrödinger equation using Bose-Einstein condensates
arXiv:2002.08877 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.101.043617
Abstract
We study the effect of a logarithmic nonlinearity in the Schrödinger equation (SE) on the dynamics of a freely expanding Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC). The logarithmic nonlinearity was one of the first proposed nonlinear extensions to the SE which emphasized the conservation of important physical properties of the linear theory, e.g.: the separability of noninteracting states. Using this separability, we incorporate it into the description of a BEC obeying a logarithmic Gross-Pittaevskii equation. We investigate the dynamics of such BECs using variational and numerical methods and find that, using experimental techniques like delta kick collimation, experiments with extended free-fall times as available on microgravity platforms could be able to lower the bound on the strength of the logarithmic nonlinearity by at least one order of magnitude.
arXiv comment6 pages, 4 figures
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