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Modulational instability and soliton generation in chiral Bose-Einstein condensates with zero-energy nonlinearity

arXiv:2102.09408 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.103.032206

Abstract

By means of analytical and numerical methods, we address the modulational instability (MI) in chiral condensates governed by the Gross-Pitaevskiiequation including the current nonlinearity. The analysis shows that this nonlinearity partly suppresses off the MI driven by the cubic self-focusing, although the current nonlinearity is not represented in the system's energy (although it modifies the momentum), hence it may be considered as zero-energy nonlinearity. Direct simulations demonstrate generation of trains of stochastically interacting chiral solitons by MI. In the ring-shaped setup, the MI creates a single traveling solitary wave. The sign of the current nonlinearity determines the direction of propagation of the emerging solitons.

9 pages,8 figures, To be published in Physical Review E

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