Phase separation of Bose-Einstein condensates of trapped atoms and molecules with a homonuclear Feshbach resonance
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397 (Japan)
- Division of Advanced Sciences, Ochadai Academic Production, Ochanomizu University, Otsuka, Bunkyo, Tokyo 112-8610 (Japan)
We investigate phase separation of Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) of two-component atoms and one-component molecules with a homonuclear Feshbach resonance. We develop a full model for dilute atomic and molecular gases including correlation of the Feshbach resonance and all kinds of interparticle interactions, and numerically calculate order parameters of the BECs in spherical harmonic oscillator traps at zero temperature with the Bogoliubov's classical field approximation. As a result, we find out that the Feshbach resonance can induce two types of phase separation. The actual phase structures and density profiles of the trapped gases are predicted in the whole parameter region, from the atom-dominant regime to the molecule-dominant regime. We focus on the role of the molecules in the phase separation. Especially in the atom-dominant regime, the role of the molecules is described through effective interactions derived from our model. Furthermore we show that a perturbative and semiclassical limit of our model reproduces the conventional atomic BEC (single-channel) model.
- OSTI ID:
- 22095418
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. A, Vol. 84, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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