Quantum thermodynamics near the border of a one-dimensional Bose gas

Abstract:We consider an ultracold Bose gas in a half-open potential well, otherwise confined to a quasi-one-dimensional geometry. The Bogoliubov equations for its elementary excitations are solved in the continuous spectrum to explore the particle and energy content near the edge of the gas, beyond the often applied local density approximation. In particular, gradients in the condensate density enhance density-dominated excitations in the border region. We discuss excess (missing) particles and their energy by comparing to suitable reference solutions for quasi-homogeneous systems. The density profile near the edge shows no Friedel oscillations, but a dipolar feature from the spill-out of thermally excited particles. The calculations are performed in the grand-canonical ensemble and in the thermodynamic limit.

12 pages, 10 figures, submitted to special issue of J. Chem. Phys. in memoriam Rudolf Podgornik

Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

arXiv:2608.28164 [cond-mat.quant-gas]

(or arXiv:2608.28164v1 [cond-mat.quant-gas] for this version)

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.28164 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)

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