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nnc(V )−nnc(0)<br />

nnc(0)<br />

1.2<br />

1.15<br />

1.1<br />

1.05<br />

0.002 0.004 0.006 0.008 0.01<br />

4.3. Numerical study <strong>of</strong> the speed <strong>of</strong> sound<br />

V 2<br />

µ 2<br />

Figure 4.11: Relative increase <strong>of</strong> the<br />

non-condensed density nnc due to<br />

disorder. With the parameters <strong>of</strong><br />

the present section σ = ξ = L/200.<br />

Note that the increase and the reference<br />

nnc(V = 0) both depend on<br />

the system size L/ξ.<br />

proportionality factor that depends logarithmically on L). As function <strong>of</strong><br />

disorder strength, the non-condensed fraction increases, but it stays within<br />

the same order <strong>of</strong> magnitude, at least in the range <strong>of</strong> parameters <strong>of</strong> the<br />

present section.<br />

4.3.4. Speed <strong>of</strong> sound as function <strong>of</strong> the correlation length<br />

Having checked the prediction at one particular value <strong>of</strong> the disorder correlation<br />

length, we now investigate different regimes <strong>of</strong> length scales. Given<br />

the condition kξ = 0.05 ≪ 1, the correlation length σ can be the shortest <strong>of</strong><br />

all length scales, larger than the healing length but shorter than the wave<br />

length, or the largest <strong>of</strong> all length scales.<br />

In the intermediate range, the full integral (3.60) interpolates between the<br />

hydrodynamic limit (4.15) and the limit <strong>of</strong> low-energy excitations (4.31).<br />

In the first case, the prediction (4.31) from section 4.2 holds (green dashed<br />

line in figure 4.2). In the last case, the hydrodynamic limit (4.14) from<br />

section 4.1 is applicable (blue dotted line in figure 4.2). In-between, the full<br />

formula from subsection 3.4.5 has to be evaluated (solid line in figure 4.2). In<br />

figure 4.2 numerical data averaged over 50 realizations <strong>of</strong> disorder is shown<br />

together with the perturbative prediction from subsection 3.4.5. We find<br />

good agreement, both for V0 > 0 and V0 < 0.<br />

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