Mean-field ground state of a spinor-1 condensate
Abstract
We revisit the ground state structures of a spinor-1 condensate,taking into account the important constraints that atomic elastic collisions conserve both the total number of atoms (N) and the total magnetization (l M). The effect of a uniform magnetic field on the validity of the single mode approximation (SMA) is also studied. Our results highlight the important role of the quadratic Zeeman effect.
- Publication:
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APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- May 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003APS..DMP.J1005Z