High accuracy energy formulas for the attractive two-site Bose-Hubbard model

Abstract

The attractive two-site Bose-Hubbard model is studied within the framework of the analytical solution obtained by the application of Quantum Inverse Scattering Method. The structure of the ground and excited states is analyzed in terms of solutions of Bethe equations, and an approximate solution for the Bethe roots are given. This yields approximate formulas for the ground state and for the first excited state energies. The obtained formulas work with remarkable precision for a wide range of parameters of the model, and confirmed numerically. An expansion of the Bethe state vectors into a Fock space is also provided for evaluation of expectation values, although this does not have the similar accuracy to the energies.

Submitted to Physical Review A (11 pages, 8 figures)