Published April 13, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Dynamical Instability of a Rotating Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensate

  • 1. Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven (Netherlands)
  • 2. School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010 (Australia)
  • 3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1 (Canada)
  • 4. Centre for Cold Matter, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BW (United Kingdom)

Description

We analyze the hydrodynamic solutions for a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate with long-range dipolar interactions in a rotating, elliptical harmonic trap. The static solutions and their regimes of dynamical instability vary nontrivially with the strength of the dipolar interactions. We comprehensively map out this behavior, and, in particular, examine the experimental routes toward unstable dynamics, which, in analogy to conventional condensates, may lead to vortex lattice formation

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
98
Journal Issue
15
Journal Page Range
p. 150401-150401.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38101449
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; INSTABILITY; INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; TRAPS

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