Classical and quantum analysis of a hetero-triatomic molecular Bose-Einstein condensate model

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Abstract: We investigate an integrable Hamiltonian modelling a hetero-triatomic -molecular
Bose-Einstein condensate. This model describes a mixture of two species of atoms in different proportions, which can combine to form a triatomic  molecule. Beginning with a classical analysis, we determine the fixed points of the system. Bifurcations of these points separate the parameter space into different  regions. Three distinct senarios are found, varying with the atomic population imbalance. This result suggests the ground state properties of the quantum model exhibits a sensitivity on the atomic population imbalance, which is confirmed by a quantum analysis using different  approaches, such as the ground-state expectation values, the behaviour of the quantum dynamics, the energy gap and the ground state fidelity.
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