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Stable Hopf solitons in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates

Quantum Gases 2015-11-12 v2

Abstract

We reveal that Hopf solitons can be stabilized in rotating atomic Bose-Einstein condensate. The Hopfion is a matter-wave vortex complex which carries two independent winding numbers. Such a topological solitonic structure results from a superfluid flow of atoms simultaneously quantized in poloidal and toroidal directions. In the framework of a dissipative mean-field model we observe different unstable evolution scenarios of the Hopfions. We demonstrate energetic and dynamical stability of the Hopf solitons under experimentally feasible conditions.

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@article{arxiv.1508.01697,
  title  = {Stable Hopf solitons in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates},
  author = {Y. M. Bidasyuk and A. V. Chumachenko and O. O. Prikhodko and S. I. Vilchinskii and M. Weyrauch and A. I. Yakimenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.01697},
  year   = {2015}
}

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5 pages, 10 figures

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