Formation of Dispersive Shock Waves by Merging and Splitting Bose-Einstein Condensates
Formation of Dispersive Shock Waves by Merging and Splitting Bose-Einstein Condensates
The processes of merging and splitting dilute-gas Bose-Einstein condensates are studied in the nonadiabatic, high-density regime. Rich dynamics are found. Depending on the experimental parameters, uniform soliton trains containing more than ten solitons or the formation of a high-density bulge as well as dispersive shock waves are observed experimentally within …