Expansion of cold atomic gases in the presence of disorder

Boris Shapiro

Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Department Physics, Haifa, Israel

I will discuss the expansion of a Bose-Einstein condensate, released from a harmonic trap, in the presence of a random potential. The potential causes scattering of the condensate and prevents its free propagation. Under appropriate conditions, some part of the condensate will "get stuck" (Anderson localization), whereas the other part will diffuse away. Expansion of a cold Fermi gas will also be discussed.

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