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2. The <strong>Inhomogeneous</strong> <strong>Bogoliubov</strong> Hamiltonian<br />

According to the equations <strong>of</strong> motion (2.30), this is a coupling between<br />

phase and density fluctuations, mediated by particles in the non-uniform<br />

condensate Φ. The density coupling has a different dependence on the nonuniform<br />

condensate. Indeed, by expressing the non-uniform condensate Φ<br />

in terms <strong>of</strong> the inverse imprint ¯ Φ(r) = Φ 2 0/Φ(r), we can write the density<br />

coupling in a form analogous to (2.39)<br />

R ′<br />

k k = 1<br />

L d<br />

2<br />

�<br />

q<br />

˜r k ′ k q ¯ Φk ′ −q ¯ Φq−k, (2.40)<br />

with ˜r k ′ k q = � 2 � q 2 − 2(k ′ − q)·(q − k) + � (k ′ − q) 2 + (k − q) 2� /2 � /m.<br />

Both formulae (2.39) and (2.40) are non-perturbative. That means they<br />

hold for arbitrary external potentials, if only the condensate wave function<br />

Φ and its inverse ¯ Φ are determined correctly.<br />

<strong>Inhomogeneous</strong> <strong>Bogoliubov</strong> Hamiltonian in the free <strong>Bogoliubov</strong> basis<br />

For the further analysis, it is useful to transform to <strong>Bogoliubov</strong> quasiparticles<br />

ˆγk, such that the free Hamiltonian takes its diagonal form (2.34). We use<br />

the <strong>Bogoliubov</strong> transformation (2.33) <strong>of</strong> the homogeneous problem. In this<br />

basis every mode is still characterized by its momentum k. Only the saddle<br />

point (n0)k, from where the fluctuations δˆn = ˆn−n0 are measured, is shifted<br />

by the external potential. A detailed discussion about this choice <strong>of</strong> basis<br />

is found in section 3.2.<br />

Thus, the couplings are transformed in the following way<br />

� Wk ′ k Y k ′ k<br />

Y k ′ k W k ′ k<br />

�<br />

= 1<br />

4<br />

� a −1<br />

k ′<br />

−a −1<br />

k ′<br />

ak ′<br />

ak ′<br />

�� Sk ′ k<br />

0<br />

0 R k ′ k<br />

� � a −1<br />

and the <strong>Bogoliubov</strong> Hamiltonian (2.29) takes the form<br />

ˆF [ˆγ, ˆγ † ] = �<br />

k<br />

ɛkˆγ †<br />

kˆγk + 1<br />

2L d<br />

2<br />

�<br />

k,k ′<br />

k<br />

ak<br />

�<br />

ˆγ †<br />

k ′,<br />

�<br />

ˆγ ′<br />

−k � W ′<br />

k k Y ′<br />

k k<br />

Y ′<br />

k k W ′<br />

k k<br />

−a−1<br />

k<br />

ak<br />

�<br />

=: V ′<br />

k k,<br />

� � ˆγk<br />

ˆγ †<br />

−k<br />

(2.41)<br />

�<br />

.<br />

(2.42)<br />

This Hamiltonian for the inhomogeneous <strong>Bogoliubov</strong> problem is the central<br />

achievement <strong>of</strong> the whole chapter. The equation <strong>of</strong> motion for the bosonic<br />

<strong>Bogoliubov</strong> quasiparticles ˆγk reads<br />

34<br />

i� ∂<br />

∂t ˆγ k ′ = � ˆγ k ′, ˆ F � = ɛk ′ˆγ ′<br />

k + 1<br />

L d<br />

2<br />

�<br />

k<br />

�<br />

W ′<br />

k kˆγk + Y ′<br />

k kˆγ †<br />

�<br />

−k . (2.43)

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