Momentum distribution dynamics of a Tonks-Girardeau gas: Bragg reflections of a quantum many-body wavepacket

Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 240403 (2007). The dynamics of the momentum distribution and the reduced single-particle density matrix (RSPDM) of a Tonks-Girardeau (TG) gas is studied in the context of Bragg-reflections of a many-body wavepacket. We find strong suppression of a Bragg-reflection peak for a den...

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Main Authors Pezer, R, Buljan, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 22.11.2006
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Physics - Other Condensed Matter
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Summary:Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 240403 (2007). The dynamics of the momentum distribution and the reduced single-particle density matrix (RSPDM) of a Tonks-Girardeau (TG) gas is studied in the context of Bragg-reflections of a many-body wavepacket. We find strong suppression of a Bragg-reflection peak for a dense TG wavepacket; our observation illustrates dependence of the momentum distribution on the interactions/wavefunction symmetry. The momentum distribution is calculated with a fast algorithm based on a formula expressing the RSPDM via a dynamically evolving single-particle basis.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0611584