Title
Effective Mass Theorems for Nonlinear Schr[o-umlaut]dinger Equations
Abstract
We consider time-dependent nonlinear Schrodinger equations subject to smooth lattice-periodic potentials plus additional confining potentials, slowly varying on the lattice scale. After an appropriate scaling we study the homogenization limit for vanishing lattice spacing. Assuming well-prepared initial data, the resulting effective dynamics is governed by a homogenized nonlinear Schrodinger equation with an effective mass tensor depending on the initially chosen Bloch eigenvalue. The given results rigorously justify the use of the effective mass formalism for the description of Bose-Einstein condensates on optical lattices.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1137/050623759
SIAM JOURNAL ON APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
nonlinear Schrodinger equation,effective mass theorems,Bloch waves,homogenization limit,Bose-Einstein condensate
Journal
66
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
0036-1399
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christof Sparber1327.35