Simulating Infinite Vortex Lattices in Superfluids
Abstract
We present an efficient framework to numerically treat infinite periodic vortex lattices in rotating superfluids described by the Gross-Pitaevskii theory. The commonly used split-step Fourier (SSF) spectral methods are inapplicable to such systems as the standard Fourier transform does not respect the boundary conditions mandated by the magnetic translation group. We present a generalisation of the SSF method which incorporates the correct boundary conditions by employing the so-called magnetic Fourier transform. We test the method and show that it reduces to known results in the lowest-Landau-level regime. While we focus on rotating scalar superfluids for simplicity, the framework can be naturally extended to treat multicomponent systems and systems under more general `synthetic' gauge fields.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1602.05624,
title = {Simulating Infinite Vortex Lattices in Superfluids},
author = {Luca Mingarelli and Eric E Keaveny and Ryan Barnett},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.05624},
year = {2016}
}
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17 pages, 2 figures