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Sonic Analog of Gravitational Black Holes in Bose-Einstein Condensates

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: It is shown that, in dilute-gas Bose-Einstein condensates, there exist both dynamically stable and unstable configurations which, in the hydrodynamic limit, exhibit a behavior resembling that of gravitational black holes. The dynamical instabilities involve creation of quasiparticle pairs in positive and negative energy states, as in the well-known suggested mechanism for black-hole evaporation. We propose a scheme to generate a stable sonic black hole in a ring trap.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.85.4643

Authors: L. J. Garay, J. R. Anglin, J. I. Cirac, P. Zoller

Institutions: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universität Innsbruck, Instituto de Física Fundamental, Harvard University, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

Language: English

Topic: Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: European Commission

OpenAlex ID: W2006763149

FWCI: 10.64

Cites: 33

Cited by: 732

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