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Collision Dynamics and Rung Formation of Non-Abelian Vortices

Other Condensed Matter 2010-07-01 v3 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We investigate the collision dynamics of two non-Abelian vortices and find that, unlike Abelian vortices, they neither reconnect themselves nor pass through each other, but create a rung between them in a topologically stable manner. Our predictions are verified using the model of the cyclic phase of a spin-2 spinor Bose-Einstein condensate.

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@article{arxiv.0810.5441,
  title  = {Collision Dynamics and Rung Formation of Non-Abelian Vortices},
  author = {Michikazu Kobayashi and Yuki Kawaguchi and Muneto Nitta and Masahito Ueda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.5441},
  year   = {2010}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures