Gross-Pitaevskii-Poisson model for an ultracold plasma: Density waves and solitons
Hidetsugu Sakaguchi, Boris A. Malomed
Abstract
The paper proposes a plasma composed of cations and anions in the quantum-degenerate state, with both ionic components cooled down into the state of a Bose-Einstein condensate and explore its nonlinear, specially solitonic, behavior.
Topics & Concepts
Degenerate energy levelsPlasmaPhysicsBose–Einstein condensateNonlinear systemIonic bondingQuantumState (computer science)Quantum mechanicsPoisson distributionSolitonAtomic physicsIonMathematicsStatisticsAlgorithmCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamicsDust and Plasma Wave Phenomena