Vortex formation in weakly-interacting inhomogeneous Bose condensates
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We solve the time-dependent Gross-Pitaevskii in 2-D to simulate the flow of an object through a dilute Bose condensate trapped in a harmonic well. We demonstrate vortex formation and analyze the process in terms of the accumulation of phase-slip and the evolution of the fluid velocity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9712096,
title = {Vortex formation in weakly-interacting inhomogeneous Bose condensates},
author = {B. Jackson and J. F. McCann and C. S. Adams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9712096},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figures