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Topological Wigner Crystal of Half-Solitons in a Spinor BEC

Quantum Gases 2013-05-20 v1 Other Condensed Matter

Abstract

We consider a one-dimensional gas of half-solitons in a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate. We calculate the topological interaction potential between the half-solitons. Using a kinetic equation of the Vlasov-Boltzmann type, we model the coupled dynamics of the interacting solitons. We show that the dynamics of the system in the gaseous phase is marginally stable and spontaneously evolves towards a Wigner crystal.

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@article{arxiv.1209.6197,
  title  = {Topological Wigner Crystal of Half-Solitons in a Spinor BEC},
  author = {H. Terças and D. D. Solnyshkov and G. Malpuech},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.6197},
  year   = {2013}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures