Quantum tunneling of a vortex between two pinning potentials
Quantum Gases
2012-01-06 v3
Abstract
A vortex can tunnel between two pinning potentials in an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate on a time scale of the order of 1s under typical experimental conditions. This makes it possible to detect the tunneling experimentally. We calculate the tunneling rate by phenomenologically treating vortices as point-like charged particles moving in an inhomogeneous magnetic field. The obtained results are in close agreement with numerical simulations based on the stochastic c-field theory.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1105.5869,
title = {Quantum tunneling of a vortex between two pinning potentials},
author = {O. Fialko and A. S. Bradley and J. Brand},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.5869},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures