Knots in a Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensate
Other Condensed Matter
2010-07-01 v1 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
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.
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@article{arxiv.0802.1968,
title = {Knots in a Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensate},
author = {Yuki Kawaguchi and Muneto Nitta and Masahito Ueda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.1968},
year = {2010}
}
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4 pages, 3 figures