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41 st EGAS PR 2 Gdańsk 2009<br />

Nonlinear resonances and dynamics of atomic Bose-Einstein<br />

condensates<br />

Janne Ruostekoski<br />

School of Mathematics, <strong>University</strong> of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK<br />

E-mail: J.Ruostekoski@soton.ac.uk<br />

We investigate nonlinear dynamics of atomic Bose-Einstein condensates which provide an<br />

ideal system to study the effect of atomic interactions on delta-kicked atoms. The signatures<br />

of nonlinear dynamics appear in abrupt cutoff on leading resonances which is due to<br />

an excitation path combining both Beliaev and Landau processes. Other manifestations<br />

of dynamical instabilities in nonlinear condensate evolution, such as phase separation,<br />

soliton formation and the effect of critical flow velocities, may be studied in static optical<br />

lattices.<br />

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