Cyclic phase in F=2 spinor condensate: Long-range order, kinks, and roughening transition
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-11 v2
Abstract
We study the effect of thermal fluctuations on homogeneous infinite Bose-Einstein condensate with spin F=2 in the cyclic state, when atoms occupy three hyperfine states with . We use both the approach of small-amplitude oscillations and mapping of our model on the sine-Gordon model. We show that thermal fluctuations lead to the existence of the rough phase in one- and two-dimensional systems, when presence of kinks is favorable. The structure and energy of a single kink are found. We also discuss the effect of thermal fluctuations on spin degrees of freedom in F=1 condensate.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0604505,
title = {Cyclic phase in F=2 spinor condensate: Long-range order, kinks, and roughening transition},
author = {W. V. Pogosov and K. Machida},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0604505},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, 1 figure; final version, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A