An application of the Maslov complex germ method to the 1D nonlocal Fisher-KPP equation

A semiclassical approximation approach based on the Maslov complex germ method is considered in detail for the 1D nonlocal Fisher-Kolmogorov-Petrovskii-Piskunov equation under the supposition of weak diffusion. In terms of the semiclassical formalism developed, the original nonlinear equation is reduced to an associated linear partial differential equation and some algebraic equations for the coefficients of the linear equation with a given accuracy of the asymptotic parameter. The solutions of the nonlinear equation are constructed from the solutions of both the linear equation and the algebraic equations. The solutions of the linear problem are found with the use of symmetry operators. A countable family of the leading terms of the semiclassical asymptotics is constructed in explicit form. The semiclassical asymptotics are valid by construction in a finite time interval. We construct asymptotics which are different from the semiclassical ones and can describe evolution of the solutions of the Fisher-Kolmogorov-Petrovskii-Piskunov equation at large times. In the example considered, an initial unimodal distribution becomes multimodal, which can be treated as an example of a space structure.Comment: 28 pages, version accepted for publication in Int. J. Geom. Methods Mod. Phy

The Trajectory-Coherent Approximation and the System of Moments for the Hartree-Type Equation

The general construction of quasi-classically concentrated solutions to the Hartree-type equation, based on the complex WKB-Maslov method, is presented. The formal solutions of the Cauchy problem for this equation, asymptotic in small parameter \h (\h\to0), are constructed with a power accuracy of O(\h^{N/2}), where N is any natural number. In constructing the quasi-classically concentrated solutions, a set of Hamilton-Ehrenfest equations (equations for middle or centered moments) is essentially used. The nonlinear superposition principle has been formulated for the class of quasi-classically concentrated solutions of the Hartree-type equations. The results obtained are exemplified by the one-dimensional equation Hartree-type with a Gaussian potential.Comments: 6 pages, 4 figures, LaTeX Report no: Subj-class: Accelerator PhysicsComment: 36 pages, LaTeX-2

Photon recoil momentum in a Bose-Einstein condensate of a dilute gas

We develop a "minimal" microscopic model to describe a two-pulse-Ramsay-interferometer-based scheme of measurement of the photon recoil momentum in a Bose-Einstein condensate of a dilute gas [Campbell et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 170403 (2005)]. We exploit the truncated coupled Maxwell-Schroedinger equations to elaborate the problem. Our approach provides a theoretical tool to reproduce essential features of the experimental results. Additionally, we enable to calculate the quantum-mechanical mean value of the recoil momentum and its statistical distribution that provides a detailed information about the recoil event.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure

Photon Recoil in Light Scattering by a Bose-Einstein Condensate of a Dilute Gas

Abstract: Photon recoil upon light scattering by a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) of a dilute atomic gas is analyzed theoretically accounting for a weak interatomic interaction. Our approach is based on the Gross–Pitaevskii equation for the condensate, which is coupled to the Maxwell equation for the field. The dispersion relations of recoil energy and momentum are calculated, and the effect of weak nonideality of the condensate on the photon recoil is ubraveled. A good agreement between the theory and experiment [7] on the measurement of the photon recoil momentum in a dispersive medium is demonstrated

Semiclassical Solutions of the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

Abstract A concept of semiclassically concentrated solutions is formulated for the multidimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) with an external field. These solutions are considered as multidimensional solitary waves. The center of mass of such a solution is shown to move along with the bicharacteristics of the basic symbol of the corresponding linear Schrödinger equation. The leading term of the asymptotic WKBsolution is constructed for the multidimensional NLSE. Special cases are considered for the standard one-dimensional NLSE and for NLSE in cylindrical coordinates