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„ Φq ′<br />

¯Φ q ′<br />

«<br />

V<br />

„ Φq ′ −q<br />

¯Φ q ′ −q<br />

«<br />

„<br />

ˆγk<br />

ˆγ †<br />

« „<br />

ˆγk+q<br />

−k<br />

ˆγ †<br />

«<br />

−(k+q)<br />

2.3. <strong>Bogoliubov</strong> <strong>Excitations</strong><br />

Figure 2.4: Universal <strong>Bogoliubov</strong><br />

scattering vertex (2.41). The<br />

pseudo-spinor � ˆγk, ˆγ † �T −k scatters<br />

with the condensate wavefunction<br />

Φ and its inverse pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />

¯ Φ.<br />

The matrix W k ′ k contains the usual scattering between different momentum<br />

states, induced by the inhomogeneous potential. The anomalous scattering<br />

element Y k ′ k allows the creation or annihilation <strong>of</strong> excitation pairs. The<br />

reason for the anomalous coupling Y , between ˆγk and the conjugate oper-<br />

ators ˆγ †<br />

−k ′ lies in the expansion <strong>of</strong> the nonlinear term and the <strong>Bogoliubov</strong><br />

approximation.<br />

The anomalous coupling can be handled in a linear manner by defining a<br />

pseudo-spinor ˆ Γk = � ˆγk, ˆγ † �T −k , which leads to the equation <strong>of</strong> motion<br />

i� ∂<br />

∂t ˆ �<br />

1 0<br />

Γ ′<br />

k =<br />

0 −1<br />

�<br />

�<br />

V ′ ˆ<br />

k kΓk . (2.44)<br />

� �<br />

ɛ ′ ˆ<br />

k Γk ′ + 1<br />

L d<br />

2<br />

The product <strong>of</strong> the matrix diag(1, −1) and V from equation (2.41) makes<br />

the time evolution non-Hermitian, which is discussed in more detail in section<br />

2.5. As depicted in figure 2.4, the pseudo-spinor ˆ Γk is scattered by the<br />

matrix-valued potential V, with the momentum transfer provided by the<br />

condensate wave function Φ and the inverse pr<strong>of</strong>ile ¯ Φ (c.f. equations (2.39),<br />

(2.40) and (2.41)).<br />

In order to keep track <strong>of</strong> the momentum balance, the momentum <strong>of</strong> the<br />

creator in the second component <strong>of</strong> the pseudo-spinor ˆ Γk has been chosen<br />

reversed. This concept <strong>of</strong> a pseudo-spinor containing ˆγk and ˆγ †<br />

k<br />

−k<br />

has been<br />

adopted from the Nambu formalism, employed in the BCS theory <strong>of</strong> superconductivity<br />

[16, Section 18.5] and will be particularly useful later in<br />

section 3.3.<br />

2.3.3. Disorder expansion <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Bogoliubov</strong> Hamiltonian<br />

The coupling elements depend non-perturbatively on the condensate wavefunction,<br />

which is the solution <strong>of</strong> the stationary Gross-Pitaevskii equation<br />

(2.16). In practice this solution is either obtained numerically [cf. subsection<br />

2.4.4, section 4.3] or by the systematic perturbative expansion <strong>of</strong><br />

subsection 2.2.4. For the analytical treatment, we choose the perturbative<br />

expansion (2.21) <strong>of</strong> Φ and ¯ Φ, and expand the scattering elements in orders<br />

<strong>of</strong> the inhomogeneous potential.<br />

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