182 research outputs found
Fourier-Splitting methods for the dynamics of rotating Bose-Einstein condensates
We present a new method to propagate rotating Bose-Einstein condensates
subject to explicitly time-dependent trapping potentials. Using algebraic
techniques, we combine Magnus expansions and splitting methods to yield any
order methods for the multivariate and nonautonomous quadratic part of the
Hamiltonian that can be computed using only Fourier transforms at the cost of
solving a small system of polynomial equations. The resulting scheme solves the
challenging component of the (nonlinear) Hamiltonian and can be combined with
optimized splitting methods to yield efficient algorithms for rotating
Bose-Einstein condensates. The method is particularly efficient for potentials
that can be regarded as perturbed rotating and trapped condensates, e.g., for
small nonlinearities, since it retains the near-integrable structure of the
problem. For large nonlinearities, the method remains highly efficient if
higher order p > 2 is sought. Furthermore, we show how it can adapted to the
presence of dissipation terms. Numerical examples illustrate the performance of
the scheme.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figures, as submitted to journa
Fragmented many-body ground states for scalar bosons in a single trap
We investigate whether the many-body ground states of bosons in a generalized
two-mode model with localized inhomogeneous single-particle orbitals and
anisotropic long-range interactions (e.g. dipole-dipole interactions), are
coherent or fragmented. It is demonstrated that fragmentation can take place in
a single trap for positive values of the interaction couplings, implying that
the system is potentially stable. Furthermore, the degree of fragmentation is
shown to be insensitive to small perturbations on the single-particle level.Comment: 4 pages of RevTex4, 3 figures; as published in Physical Review
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Übernahmerechtliche Angaben im Lagebericht nach HGB : eine empirische Analyse
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Geometric Integrators for Schrödinger Equations
The celebrated Schrödinger equation is the key to understanding the dynamics of
quantum mechanical particles and comes in a variety of forms. Its numerical solution
poses numerous challenges, some of which are addressed in this work.
Arguably the most important problem in quantum mechanics is the so-called harmonic
oscillator due to its good approximation properties for trapping potentials. In
Chapter 2, an algebraic correspondence-technique is introduced and applied to construct
efficient splitting algorithms, based solely on fast Fourier transforms, which
solve quadratic potentials in any number of dimensions exactly - including the important
case of rotating particles and non-autonomous trappings after averaging by Magnus
expansions. The results are shown to transfer smoothly to the Gross-Pitaevskii
equation in Chapter 3. Additionally, the notion of modified nonlinear potentials is
introduced and it is shown how to efficiently compute them using Fourier transforms.
It is shown how to apply complex coefficient splittings to this nonlinear equation and
numerical results corroborate the findings.
In the semiclassical limit, the evolution operator becomes highly oscillatory and standard
splitting methods suffer from exponentially increasing complexity when raising
the order of the method. Algorithms with only quadratic order-dependence of the
computational cost are found using the Zassenhaus algorithm. In contrast to classical
splittings, special commutators are allowed to appear in the exponents. By construction,
they are rapidly decreasing in size with the semiclassical parameter and can be
exponentiated using only a few Lanczos iterations. For completeness, an alternative
technique based on Hagedorn wavepackets is revisited and interpreted in the light of
Magnus expansions and minor improvements are suggested. In the presence of explicit
time-dependencies in the semiclassical Hamiltonian, the Zassenhaus algorithm
requires a special initiation step. Distinguishing the case of smooth and fast frequencies,
it is shown how to adapt the mechanism to obtain an efficiently computable
decomposition of an effective Hamiltonian that has been obtained after Magnus expansion,
without having to resolve the oscillations by taking a prohibitively small
time-step.
Chapter 5 considers the Schrödinger eigenvalue problem which can be formulated as
an initial value problem after a Wick-rotating the Schrödinger equation to imaginary
time. The elliptic nature of the evolution operator restricts standard splittings to
low order, ¿ < 3, because of the unavoidable appearance of negative fractional timesteps
that correspond to the ill-posed integration backwards in time. The inclusion
of modified potentials lifts the order barrier up to ¿ < 5. Both restrictions can be
circumvented using complex fractional time-steps with positive real part and sixthorder
methods optimized for near-integrable Hamiltonians are presented.
Conclusions and pointers to further research are detailed in Chapter 6, with a special
focus on optimal quantum control.Bader, PK. (2014). Geometric Integrators for Schrödinger Equations [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/38716TESISPremios Extraordinarios de tesis doctorale
Fourier methods for the perturbed harmonic oscillator in linear and nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations
We consider the numerical integration of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation with a
potential trap given by a time-dependent harmonic potential or a small
perturbation thereof. Splitting methods are frequently used with Fourier
techniques since the system can be split into the kinetic and remaining part,
and each part can be solved efficiently using Fast Fourier Transforms. To split
the system into the quantum harmonic oscillator problem and the remaining part
allows to get higher accuracies in many cases, but it requires to change
between Hermite basis functions and the coordinate space, and this is not
efficient for time-dependent frequencies or strong nonlinearities. We show how
to build new methods which combine the advantages of using Fourier methods
while solving the timedependent harmonic oscillator exactly (or with a high
accuracy by using a Magnus integrator and an appropriate decomposition).Comment: 12 pages of RevTex4-1, 8 figures; substantially revised and extended
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Prym representations of the handlebody group
Let S be an oriented, closed surface of genus g. The mapping class group of S is the group of orientation preserving homeomorphisms of S modulo isotopy. In 1997, Looijenga introduced the Prym representations, which are virtual representations of the mapping class group that depend on a finite, abelian group. Let V be a genus g handlebody with boundary S. The handlebody group is the subgroup of those mapping classes of S that extend over V. The twist group is the subgroup of the handlebody group generated by twists about meridians. Here, we restrict the Prym representations to the handlebody group and further to the twist group. We determine the image of the representations in the cyclic case
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