title: Dynamical transition from a quasi-one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate to a Tonks-Girardeau gas.
abstract: We analyze in detail the expansion of a 1D Bose gas after removing the axial confinement. We show that during its one-dimensional expansion the density of the Bose gas does not follow a self-similar solution. Our analysis is based on a nonlinear Schrödinger equation with variable nonlinearity whose validity is discussed for the expansion problem, by comparing with an exact Bose-Fermi mapping for the case of an initial Tonks-Girardeau gas. For this case, the gas is shown to expand self-similarly, with a different scaling law compared to the one-dimensional Thomas-Fermi condensate.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, Fife KY16 9SS, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ohberg
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santos