Exploring the growth of correlations in a quasi one-dimensional trapped Bose gas

Abstract

Phase correlations, density fluctuations and three-body loss rates are relevant for many experiments in quasi one-dimensional geometries. Extended mean-field theory is used to evaluate correlation functions up to third order for a quasi one-dimensional trapped Bose gas at zero and finite temperature. At zero temperature and in the homogeneous limit, we also study the transition from the weakly correlated Gross–Pitaevskii regime to the strongly correlated Tonks–Girardeau regime analytically. We compare our results with the exact Lieb–Liniger solution for the homogeneous case and find good agreement up to the cross-over regime.