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Title: Nucleation and Growth of Vortices in a Rotating Bose-Einstein Condensate

Abstract

An analytic solution of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation for a rotating Bose-Einstein condensate of trapped atoms describes the onset of vorticity when the rotational speed is increased, starting with the entry of the first vortex and followed by the formation of growing symmetric Wigner molecules. It explains the staircase of angular momentum jumps and the behavior of the bosonic occupancies observed in numerical studies. The similarity of this behavior and mesoscopic superconductors is discussed.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1]
  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa 50311 (United States)
  2. Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds, BP 5027, F-14076, Caen, Cedex 5 (France)
  3. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade de Sao Paulo CP 66318, 05315-970, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20699633
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 23; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.230406; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; EQUATIONS; MOLECULES; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERCONDUCTORS; TRAPPING; VORTICES

Citation Formats

Vorov, O K, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Van Isacker, P, Hussein, M S, and Bartschat, K. Nucleation and Growth of Vortices in a Rotating Bose-Einstein Condensate. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.230406.
Vorov, O K, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Van Isacker, P, Hussein, M S, & Bartschat, K. Nucleation and Growth of Vortices in a Rotating Bose-Einstein Condensate. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.230406
Vorov, O K, Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, Van Isacker, P, Hussein, M S, and Bartschat, K. 2005. "Nucleation and Growth of Vortices in a Rotating Bose-Einstein Condensate". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.230406.
@article{osti_20699633,
title = {Nucleation and Growth of Vortices in a Rotating Bose-Einstein Condensate},
author = {Vorov, O K and Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 and Van Isacker, P and Hussein, M S and Bartschat, K},
abstractNote = {An analytic solution of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation for a rotating Bose-Einstein condensate of trapped atoms describes the onset of vorticity when the rotational speed is increased, starting with the entry of the first vortex and followed by the formation of growing symmetric Wigner molecules. It explains the staircase of angular momentum jumps and the behavior of the bosonic occupancies observed in numerical studies. The similarity of this behavior and mesoscopic superconductors is discussed.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.230406},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20699633}, journal = {Physical Review Letters},
issn = {0031-9007},
number = 23,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2005},
month = {Fri Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2005}
}