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Title: Einstein-de Haas Effect in Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensates

Abstract

The general properties of the order parameter for a dipolar spinor Bose-Einstein condensate are discussed based on symmetries of interactions. An initially spin-polarized dipolar condensate is shown to dynamically generate a nonsingular vortex via spin-orbit interactions--a phenomenon reminiscent of the Einstein-de Haas effect in ferromagnets.

Authors:
;  [1];  [1];  [2]
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  1. Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551 (Japan)
  2. (JST), Saitama 332-0012 (Japan)
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OSTI Identifier:
20778720
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; Journal Volume: 96; Journal Issue: 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.080405; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; INTERACTIONS; L-S COUPLING; ORDER PARAMETERS; SPIN ORIENTATION; SYMMETRY; VORTICES

Citation Formats

Kawaguchi, Yuki, Saito, Hiroki, Ueda, Masahito, and ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation. Einstein-de Haas Effect in Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensates. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.96.0.
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Kawaguchi, Yuki, Saito, Hiroki, Ueda, Masahito, & ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation. Einstein-de Haas Effect in Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensates. United States. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.96.0.
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Kawaguchi, Yuki, Saito, Hiroki, Ueda, Masahito, and ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation. Fri . "Einstein-de Haas Effect in Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensates". United States. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.96.0.
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@article{osti_20778720,
title = {Einstein-de Haas Effect in Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensates},
author = {Kawaguchi, Yuki and Saito, Hiroki and Ueda, Masahito and ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation},
abstractNote = {The general properties of the order parameter for a dipolar spinor Bose-Einstein condensate are discussed based on symmetries of interactions. An initially spin-polarized dipolar condensate is shown to dynamically generate a nonsingular vortex via spin-orbit interactions--a phenomenon reminiscent of the Einstein-de Haas effect in ferromagnets.},
doi = {10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.96.0},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 8,
volume = 96,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Fri Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 2006}
}
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DOI:  10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.96.0
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