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Vortices in spin-0 superfluids carry magnetic flux

Quantum Gases 2022-05-02 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Vortices in spin-00 superfluids generically carry magnetic fields inside their cores, so that even neutral superfluid vortices may be thought of as magnetic flux tubes. We give a systematic analysis of this `vortex magnetic effect' using effective field theory, clarifying earlier literature on the subject. Our analysis shows that in superfluid Helium-44 the vortex magnetic effect may be large enough to be experimentally detectable.

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@article{arxiv.2112.04595,
  title  = {Vortices in spin-0 superfluids carry magnetic flux},
  author = {Aleksey Cherman and Theodore Jacobson and Srimoyee Sen and Laurence G. Yaffe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.04595},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

v2: corrected an error which does not change the conclusion, improved exposition