Published August 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Vortices in condensate mixtures

  • 1. Departement of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85720 (United States)
  • 2. Laboratoire de Physique Statistique de l'Ecole Normale Superieure, 24 Rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05 (France)
  • 3. Laboratoire de Modelisation en Mecanique, UPMC-CNRS UMR 7607, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05 (France)

Description

In a condensate made of two different atomic molecular species, Onsager's quantization condition implies that around a vortex, the velocity field cannot be the same for the two species. We explore some simple consequences of this observation. Thus, if the two condensates are in slow relative translation one over the other, the composite vortices are carried at a velocity that is a fraction of the single-species velocity. This property is valid for attractive interaction and below a critical velocity which corresponds to a saddle-node bifurcation

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
72
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 023618-023618.6
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37030459
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
BIFURCATION; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; CRITICAL VELOCITY; MIXTURES; QUANTIZATION; VORTICES
Descriptors DEC
DISPERSIONS; VELOCITY

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