{ "id": "math-ph/0612028", "version": "v1", "published": "2006-12-10T09:29:56.000Z", "updated": "2006-12-10T09:29:56.000Z", "title": "Rigorous Derivation of the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation", "authors": [ "Laszlo Erdos", "Benjamin Schlein", "Horng-Tzer Yau" ], "comment": "4 pages, 1 figure", "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.040404", "categories": [ "math-ph", "math.MP" ], "abstract": "The time dependent Gross-Pitaevskii equation describes the dynamics of initially trapped Bose-Einstein condensates. We present a rigorous proof of this fact starting from a many-body bosonic Schroedinger equation with a short scale repulsive interaction in the dilute limit. Our proof shows the persistence of an explicit short scale correlation structure in the condensate.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2006-12-10T09:29:56.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "35Q55", "81Q15", "81T18", "81V70" ], "keywords": [ "rigorous derivation", "explicit short scale correlation structure", "many-body bosonic schroedinger equation", "time dependent gross-pitaevskii equation", "short scale repulsive interaction" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "APS", "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett." }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 4, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }