Collisional and Collapse Dynamics of a Twin Bose{Einstein Condensate with Negative Scattering Length
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We study the collisional and collapse dynamics of a twin Bose{Einstein con-densate with an attractive interatomic interaction. We show that the collision between two Bose{Einstein components with densities higher than the critical density for instability can rst lead to a collapse due to the attractive interatomic interaction followed by a cessation of collapse due to the mutual nonlinear interaction.
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