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Structure of vortices in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates

Other Condensed Matter 2007-05-23 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We calculate the structure of individual vortices in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates in a transverse harmonic trap. Making a Wigner-Seitz approximation for the unit cell of the vortex lattice, we derive the Gross-Pitaevskii equation for the condensate wave function in each cell of the lattice, including effects of varying coarse grained density. We calculate the Abrikosov parameter, the fractional core area, and the energy of individual cells.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0606151,
  title  = {Structure of vortices in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates},
  author = {Gentaro Watanabe and S. Andrew Gifford and Gordon Baym and C. J. Pethick},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0606151},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages, 9 figures, published version