Collective spin modes of a trapped quantum ferrofluid
Quantum Gases
2018-07-11 v1
Abstract
We report on the observation of a collective spin mode in a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate. Initially, all spins point perpendicular to the external magnetic field. The lowest energy mode consists in a sinusoidal oscillation of the local spin around its original axis, with an oscillation amplitude that linearly depends on the spatial coordinates. The frequency of the oscillation is set by the zero-point kinetic energy of the BEC. The observations are in excellent agreement with hydrodynamic equations. The observed spin mode has a universal character, independent of the atomic spin and spin-dependent contact interactions.
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@article{arxiv.1804.10254,
title = {Collective spin modes of a trapped quantum ferrofluid},
author = {S. Lepoutre and L. Gabardos and K. Kechadi and P. Pedri and O. Gorceix and E. Marechal and L. Vernac and B. Laburthe-Tolra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.10254},
year = {2018}
}
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