Vortices in Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates: an Introduction
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2007-05-23 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
The occurrence of vortices in atomic Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) enables a description of their superfluid behaviour. In this article we present a pedagogical introduction to the vortex physics in trapped atomic BECs. The mechanism of the vortex nucleation in an atomic BEC is discussed in detail. We also discuss a recently proposed approach which treats the problem of vortex nucleation using a one-particle Schrdinger equation with non-local and chiral boundary conditions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0405589,
title = {Vortices in Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensates: an Introduction},
author = {Sankalpa Ghosh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0405589},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Latex file, 2 figures, appeared in a Special Issue of Phase Transitions, Ed. S. Puri