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Knots in a Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensate

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551 (Japan)
  2. Department of Physics, Keio University, Hiyoshi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8521 (Japan)
We show that knots of spin textures can be created in the polar phase of a spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate, and discuss experimental schemes for their generation and probe, together with their lifetime.
OSTI ID:
21128113
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 100; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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