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We study the dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates in tilted and driven optical superlattices. For a bichromatic lattice, each Bloch band split up into two minibands such that the dynamics is governed by the interplay of Bloch oscillations…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2011-04-20 D. Witthaut , F. Trimborn , V. Kegel , H. J. Korsch

Multiply quantized vortices in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates are studied using the Bogoliubov theory. Suitable combinations of a localized pinning potential and external rotation of the system are found to energetically stabilize, both…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-07-10 T. P. Simula , S. M. M. Virtanen , M. M. Salomaa

Interfacial hydrodynamic instabilities in multicomponent superfluids provide a versatile platform to explore nonequilibrium quantum dynamics beyond classical fluid analogues. We study dynamical interfacial instabilities in a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-03-20 Susovan Giri , Arpana Saboo , Hari Sadhan Ghosh , Vipin , Sonjoy Majumder

We perform an asymptotic analysis of massive point-vortex dynamics in Bose--Einstein condensates in the small-mass limit $\varepsilon \to 0$. We define two distinguished manifolds in the phase space of the dynamics. We call the first the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-02-17 Tomoki Ohsawa , Andrea Richaud , Roy Goodman

We study the collective excitations of a neutral atomic Bose-Einstein condensate with gravity-like $1/r $ interatomic attraction induced by electromagnetic wave. Using the time-dependent variational approach, we derive an analytical…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Tarun Kanti Ghosh

Tangles of string typically become knotted, from macroscopic twine down to long-chain macromolecules such as DNA. Here we demonstrate that knotting also occurs in quantum wavefunctions, where the tangled filaments are vortices (nodal…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-08-03 Alexander J Taylor , Mark R Dennis

We investigate the various physical mechanisms that underlie the dynamical instability of a quantized vortex array at the interface between two counter-propagating superflows in a two-dimensional Bose--Einstein condensate. Instabilities of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2023-03-01 Luca Giacomelli , Iacopo Carusotto

We study the generation of vortices in rotating Bose--Einstein condensates, a situation which has been realized in a recent experiment (K. W. Madison, F. Chevy, W. Wohlleben, J. Dalibard, Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 84} 806 (2000)). By combining…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Juan J. Garcia-Ripoll , Victor M. Perez-Garcia

The tensor-virial method is applied for a study of oscillation modes of uniformly rotating Bose-Einstein condensed gases, whose rigid body rotation is supported by an vortex array. The second order virial equations are derived in the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Sedrakian , I. Wasserman

Stable self-trapped vortex annuli (VAs) with large values of topological charge S (giant VAs) are not only a subject of fundamental interest, but are also sought for various applications, such as quantum information processing and storage.…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-01-10 Jieli Qin , Guangjiong Dong , Boris Malomed

We derive the frequency of precession and conditions for stability for a quantized vortex in a single-component and a two-component Bose-Einstein condensate. The frequency of precession is proportional to the gradient of the free energy…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 S. A. McGee , M. J. Holland

We study the vortex dynamics and vortex pinning effect in Bose-Einstein condensate in a rotating double-well trap potential and co-rotating optical lattice. We show that, in agreement with the experiment, the vortex number do not diverge…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2014-08-25 T. Mithun , K. Porsezian , Bishwajyoti Dey

We consider a periodic vortex lattice in a rotating Bose-Einstein condensed gas, where the centrifugal potential is exactly compensated by the external harmonic trap. By introducing a gauge transformation which makes the Hamiltonian…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Cozzini , S. Stringari , C. Tozzo

For a Bose-Einstein condensate placed in a rotating trap, we give a simplified expression of the Gross-Pitaevskii energy in the Thomas Fermi regime, which only depends on the number and shape of the vortex lines. Then we check numerically…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Amandine Aftalion , Tristan Riviere

Using the Klein-Majda-Damodaran model of nearly-parallel vortex filaments, we construct vortex knots and links on a torus involving periodic boundary conditions and analyze their stability. For a special class of vortex knots -- toroidal…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2019-12-13 Theodore Kolokolnikov , Christopher Ticknor , Panayotis Kevrekidis

We study the stability of Bose condensates with Rashba-Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling in three dimensions against quantum and thermal fluctuations. The ground state depletion of the plane-wave condensate due to quantum fluctuations is, as…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-07-12 Tomoki Ozawa , Gordon Baym

We study the dynamics of a straight vortex line in a partially Bose-Einstein condensed atomic gas. Using a variational approach to the stochastic field equation that describes the dynamics of the condensate at nonzero temperature, we derive…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-10-13 R. A. Duine , B. W. A. Leurs , H. T. C. Stoof

Spinorial or multi-component Bose-Einstein condensates may sustain fractional quanta of circulation, vorticant topological excitations with half integer windings of phase and polarization. Matter-light quantum fluids, such as microcavity…

We derive the finite temperature oscillation modes of a harmonically confined Bose-Einstein condensed gas undergoing rigid body rotation supported by a vortex lattice in the condensate. The hydrodynamic modes separate into two classes…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Armen Sedrakian , Ira Wasserman

Vortex configurations in rotating Bose-Einstein condensed gases trapped in power-law and anharmonic potentials are studied. When the confining potential is steeper than harmonic in the plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation, vortices…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Emil Lundh