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Vortex-line solitons in a periodically modulated Bose gas

Other Condensed Matter 2014-10-13 v2

Abstract

We study the nonlinear excitations of a vortex-line in a Bose-Einstein condensate trapped in a one-dimensional optical lattice. We find that the classical Euler dynamics of the vortex results in a description of the vortex line in terms of a (discrete) one-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation, which allows for both bright and gray soliton solutions. We discuss these solutions in detail and predict that it is possible to create vortex-line solitons with current experimental capabilities.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0404150,
  title  = {Vortex-line solitons in a periodically modulated Bose gas},
  author = {J. -P. Martikainen and H. T. C. Stoof},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0404150},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

minor changes, updated/corrected references, 4 pages, 3 figures