Vortex Rings and Mutual Drag in Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensates
Statistical Mechanics
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
We study the drag on an object moving through a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate, and show that finite compressibility leads to a mutual drag, which is subsequently suppressed by the formation of a vortex ring.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9901087,
title = {Vortex Rings and Mutual Drag in Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensates},
author = {B. Jackson and J. F. McCann and C. S. Adams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9901087},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figures, REVTeX. To appear in Phys. Rev. A