Graduate School in Nonlinear Science

Sponsored by the Danish Research Academy

MIDIT                               OFD                           CATS
Modelling, Nonlinear Dynamics       Optics and Fluid Dynamics     Chaos and Turbulence Studies
and Irreversible Thermodynamics     Risø National Laboratory      Niels Bohr Institute and 
Technical University of Denmark     Building 128                  Department of Chemistry
Building 321                        P.O. Box 49                   University of Copenhagen 
DK-2800 Lyngby                      DK-4000 Roskilde              DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
Denmark                             Denmark                       Denmark

Abstract: Bose-Einstein condensates in atomic gases form through the use of evaporative cooling techniques. Using these techniques, a relatively hot gas of interacting atoms is cooled below the critical point for condensation, at which quantum effects are expected to be important. In this talk, I will overview a technique for simulating the dynamics of this cooling process with quantum effects included. The simulated equations are similar to the Gross-Pitaevskii (Non-Linear Schroedinger) equation but contain stochastic terms. Three dimensional results can be obtained for small samples of weakly interacting atoms.