Soliton diffusion in a Bose-Einstein condensate: A signature of the analogue Hawking radiation

  • Chao Hang*
  • , Gregory Gabadadze
  • , Guoxiang Huang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The analog Hawking radiation (HR) emanating from a sonic black hole horizon formed in a cigar-shaped Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) at finite temperature is investigated. In particular, we study the effect of HR on a dark (topological) soliton. We show that, due to thermal fluctuations, the dark soliton in the BEC displays a nonlinear Brownian motion resulting in a specific asymmetric diffusion. Based on numerical simulations we argue that the analog HR formed in the BEC can be detected indirectly through measurement of the dark soliton diffusion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)390-395
Number of pages6
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume793
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Jun 2019

Keywords

  • Analog Hawking radiation
  • Bose-Einstein condensation
  • Solitons

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