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Half-knot in the spinor condensates

Quantum Gases 2015-06-15 v2

Abstract

We present an exact solution to the stationary coupled nonlinear Gross-Pitaevskii equations which govern the motion of the spinor Bose-Einstein condensates. The solitonic solution is a twisted half-skyrmion in the three-dimension (3D) space. By making a map from and the Cartesian coordinates to the toroidal coordinates, we demonstrate it is a linked half-unknot with a fractional Hopf charge.

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@article{arxiv.1302.2445,
  title  = {Half-knot in the spinor condensates},
  author = {Yong-Kai Liu and Shi-Jie Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.2445},
  year   = {2015}
}

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