A Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) confined in a one-dimensional lattice under the effect of an external homogeneous field is described by the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Here we prove that such an equation can be reduced, in the semiclassical limit and in the case of a lattice with a finite number of wells, to a finite-dimensional discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Then, by means of numerical experiments we show that the BEC's center of mass exhibits an oscillating behavior with modulated amplitude; in particular, we show that the oscillating period actually depends on the shape of the initial wavefunction of the condensate as well as on the strength of the nonlinear term. This fact opens a question concerning the validity of a method proposed for the determination of the gravitational constant by means of the measurement of the oscillating period.

Nonlinear Schrödinger equations with a multiple-well potential and a Stark-type perturbation / Sacchetti, Andrea. - In: PHYSICA D-NONLINEAR PHENOMENA. - ISSN 0167-2789. - 321-322(2016), pp. 39-50.

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