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Vortex Nucleation in a Bose-Einstein Condensate: From the Inside Out

Quantum Gases 2023-07-20 v1

Abstract

We observed a new mechanism for vortex nucleation in Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) subject to synthetic magnetic fields. We made use of a strong synthetic magnetic field initially localized between a pair of merging BECs to rapidly create vortices in the bulk of the merged condensate. Unlike previous implementations and in agreement with our Gross-Pitaevskii equation simulations, our dynamical process rapidly injects vortices into our system's bulk, and with initial number in excess of the system's equilibrium vortex number.

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@article{arxiv.1605.03067,
  title  = {Vortex Nucleation in a Bose-Einstein Condensate: From the Inside Out},
  author = {R. M. Price and D. Trypogeorgos and D. L. Campbell and A. Putra and A. Valdés-Curiel and I. B. Spielman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.03067},
  year   = {2023}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures

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