Superfluidity versus Anderson localization in a dilute Bose gas
Patricio Leboeuf
Orsay
Tuesday, 6 February 2007, 15:30
MatFys Library
Abstract:
We consider the general transport properties of a guided beam of
Bose-Einstein condensed particles relative to a scattering potential
(an "atom laser"). In the particular case of a disordered potential,
we identify two regions of stationary flow. One is subsonic and
corresponds to superfluid motion. The other one is supersonic and
dissipative. The latter contains a regime of Anderson localization, for
which we compute analytically the interaction-dependent localization
length. We also explain the disappearence of the stationary flow for large extensions of the disordered potential.