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We study the dynamical phase diagram of a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) trapped in a periodic potential. The dynamics is governed by a discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation: intrinsically localized excitations, including discrete solitons and breathers, can be created even if the BEC's interatomic potential is repulsive. Furthermore, we analyze the Anderson-Kasevich experiment Science 282, 1686 (1998), pointing out that mean field effects lead to a coherent destruction of the interwell Bloch oscillations.
Trombettoni et al. (Mon,) studied this question.