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uν(r) <strong>Bogoliubov</strong> eigenstate, normal component<br />

V External potential<br />

˜V (n) n-th order <strong>of</strong> the smoothed potential (2.24)<br />

�V Scattering amplitude (4.5) in the hydrodynamic regime<br />

vν(r) <strong>Bogoliubov</strong> eigenstate, anomalous component<br />

vk Coefficient for <strong>Bogoliubov</strong> transformation uk = (ɛk − ɛk)/(2 √ ɛkɛk)<br />

W Normal coupling element<br />

ξ Healing length<br />

Y Anomalous coupling element<br />

Z Partition function<br />

Bloch part<br />

Ã(z, t) Envelope function (6.7)<br />

b Collective coordinates (section 6.5): conjugate momentum <strong>of</strong> the<br />

width degree <strong>of</strong> freedom w<br />

d Lattice spacing<br />

dk Phase modulation with wavenumber k (section 6.6)<br />

F Force<br />

η Bounded time variable<br />

∆k Quantity related to the Lyapunov exponent, equation (6.27)<br />

J Tunneling amplitude (6.4)<br />

λ Lyapunov exponent<br />

M Monodromy matrix<br />

p Momentum <strong>of</strong> the wave packet, equation (6.7)<br />

sk Density modulation with wavenumber k (section 6.6)<br />

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