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Creation of a monopole in a spinor condensate

Soft Condensed Matter 2009-11-07 v5

Abstract

We propose a method to create a monopole structure in a spin-1 spinor condensate by applying the basic methods used to create vortices and solitons experimentally in single-component condensates. We show, however, that by using a two-component structure for a monopole, we can simplify our proposed experimental approach and apply it also to ferromagnetic spinor condensates. We also discuss the observation and dynamics of such a monopole structure, and note that the dynamics of the two-component monopole differs from the dynamics of the three-component monopole.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0106301,
  title  = {Creation of a monopole in a spinor condensate},
  author = {Jani-Petri Martikainen and A. Collin and K. -A. Suominen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0106301},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

The focus of the paper is shifted towards creation and observation of monopoles