Weakly bound solitons and two-soliton molecules in dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates

B. B. Baizakov, S. M. Al-Marzoug, U. Al Khawaja, H. Bahlouli

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Abstract

Analytic expressions have been derived for the interaction potential between dipolar bright solitons and the binding energy of a two-soliton molecule. The properties of these localized structures are explored with a focus on their behavior in the weakly bound regime, with a small binding energy. Using the variational approach a coupled system of ordinary differential equations for the parameters of a soliton molecule is obtained for the description of their evolution. Predictions of the model are compared with numerical simulations of the governing nonlocal Gross-Pitaevskii equation and good qualitative agreement between them is demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish
Article number095301
JournalJournal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Volume52
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 16 2019

Keywords

  • bound state
  • dipolar condensate
  • interaction potential
  • soliton

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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