Evolution of density variations in a trapped atomic superfluid driven into turbulence

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Main Authors: Moreno-Armijos, Michelle A., Machado, Leandro, García-Orozco, Arnol D., Sab, Sarah, Fritsch, Amilson R., Bagnato, Vanderlei S.
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author Moreno-Armijos, Michelle A.
Machado, Leandro
García-Orozco, Arnol D.
Sab, Sarah
Fritsch, Amilson R.
Bagnato, Vanderlei S.
author_facet Moreno-Armijos, Michelle A.
Machado, Leandro
García-Orozco, Arnol D.
Sab, Sarah
Fritsch, Amilson R.
Bagnato, Vanderlei S.
contents In this work, we study the free decay of a turbulent trapped Bose gas by analyzing the temporal evolution of density variations extracted from absorption images. We introduce a parameter $δ$ as a simple and experimentally accessible observable that captures the amplitude of density variations. After the driving is turned off, this parameter exhibits a clear decay, which enabled us to identify a characteristic relaxation time. Interestingly, this timescale remains nearly constant across the range of excitation amplitudes explored, while the magnitude of $δ$ varies with the injected energy. Numerical simulations based on the Gross-Pitaevskii equation reveal a qualitatively similar behavior, both showing a decay of density variations over time.
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spellingShingle Evolution of density variations in a trapped atomic superfluid driven into turbulence
Moreno-Armijos, Michelle A.
Machado, Leandro
García-Orozco, Arnol D.
Sab, Sarah
Fritsch, Amilson R.
Bagnato, Vanderlei S.
Quantum Gases
In this work, we study the free decay of a turbulent trapped Bose gas by analyzing the temporal evolution of density variations extracted from absorption images. We introduce a parameter $δ$ as a simple and experimentally accessible observable that captures the amplitude of density variations. After the driving is turned off, this parameter exhibits a clear decay, which enabled us to identify a characteristic relaxation time. Interestingly, this timescale remains nearly constant across the range of excitation amplitudes explored, while the magnitude of $δ$ varies with the injected energy. Numerical simulations based on the Gross-Pitaevskii equation reveal a qualitatively similar behavior, both showing a decay of density variations over time.
title Evolution of density variations in a trapped atomic superfluid driven into turbulence
topic Quantum Gases
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.20206