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The Mass of a Spin Vortex in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Other Condensed Matter 2015-05-13 v2 Superconductivity

Abstract

In contrast to charge vortices in a superfluid, spin vortices in a ferromagnetic condensate move inertially (if the condensate has zero magnetization along an axis). The mass of spin vortices depends on the spin-dependent interactions, and can be measured as a part of experiments on how spin vortices orbit one another. For Rb87 in a 1 micron thick trap m_v is about 10^-21 kg.

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@article{arxiv.0902.3685,
  title  = {The Mass of a Spin Vortex in a Bose-Einstein Condensate},
  author = {Ari M. Turner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.3685},
  year   = {2015}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures; 2nd version has added reference