Variational truncated Wigner approximation for weakly interacting Bose fields: Dynamics of coupled condensates

Abstract

The truncated Wigner approximation is an established approach that describes the dynamics of weakly interacting Bose gases beyond the mean-field level. Although it allows a quantum field to be expressed by a stochastic c-number field, the simulation of the time evolution is still very demanding for most applications. Here, we develop a numerically inexpensive approximation by decomposing the c-number field into a variational ansatz function and a residual field. The dynamics of the ansatz function is described by a tractable set of coupled ordinary stochastic differential equations for the respective variational parameters. We investigate the non-equilibrium dynamics of a three-dimensional Bose gas in a one-dimensional optical lattice with a transverse isotropic harmonic confinement and neglect the influence of the residual field. The accuracy and computational inexpensiveness of our method are demonstrated by comparing its predictions to experimental data.

22 pages, 6 figures

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