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Traveling Bubbles and Vortex Pairs within Symmetric 2D Quantum Droplets

Pattern Formation and Solitons 2025-05-28 v2 Quantum Gases

Abstract

We disclose a class of stable nonlinear traveling waves moving at specific constant velocities within symmetric two-dimensional quantum droplets. We present a comprehensive analysis of these traveling bubbles and identify three qualitatively distinct regions within the one-parameter family of solutions, classified by velocity: (i) well-separated phase singularities at low velocity, (ii) singularities within the same density dip at intermediate velocity, and (iii) rarefaction pulses without singularities at higher (subsonic) velocities. Then, we generalize the discussion to unstable cases, incorporating higher order vortex-antivortex pairs and arrays of vortices that move cohesively with a common velocity within the fluid. In all cases, we provide analytic approximations that aid the understanding of the results in different regimes.

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@article{arxiv.2412.12810,
  title  = {Traveling Bubbles and Vortex Pairs within Symmetric 2D Quantum Droplets},
  author = {Angel Paredes and Jose Guerra-Carmenate and Jose R. Salgueiro and Daniele Tommasini and Humberto Michinel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.12810},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

12 pages, 13 figures. In v2, title changed, figures added, references added, discussion improved, data availability statement added, typos corrected