Dynamics of F=1 Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates

Montserrat Guilleumas

Dept. E.C.M., Facultat de Fisica, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 647, Barcelona 08028, Spain


We investigate the spin dynamics of a F=1 87Rb spinor condensate within a mean field framework. We have solved the coupled dynamical equations for the spinor components to study the transfer of population between different spinor components and the spin waves. Temperature effects are also taken into account.