Integrable NLS equation with time-dependent nonlinear coefficient and self-similar attractive BEC

Abstract

We investigate the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a time-dependent nonlinear coefficient. By means of Painlevé analysis we establish the integrability for a particular form of the nonlinear coefficient. The corresponding soliton solution is shown to be of the self-similar kind. We discuss the implications of the result to the dynamics of attractive Bose–Einstein condensates under Feshbach-managed nonlinearity and explore the possibility of a managed self-similar evolution in 1D condensates.