Topologically protected vortex knots and links
Ordered materials, such as liquid crystals and Bose-Einstein condensates, support topological vortices, which are analogous to vortices in water, but have qualitatively different properties. Here, the authors show that some links of topological vortices can exhibit much greater stability than analog...
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| author | Toni Annala Roberto Zamora-Zamora Mikko Möttönen |
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| description | Ordered materials, such as liquid crystals and Bose-Einstein condensates, support topological vortices, which are analogous to vortices in water, but have qualitatively different properties. Here, the authors show that some links of topological vortices can exhibit much greater stability than analogous structures in water. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-319192c83285434c9cd7552a878dd56f2022-12-22T03:01:47ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Physics2399-36502022-12-015111110.1038/s42005-022-01071-2Topologically protected vortex knots and linksToni Annala0Roberto Zamora-Zamora1Mikko Möttönen2QCD Labs, QTF Centre of Excellence, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto UniversityQCD Labs, QTF Centre of Excellence, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto UniversityQCD Labs, QTF Centre of Excellence, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto UniversityOrdered materials, such as liquid crystals and Bose-Einstein condensates, support topological vortices, which are analogous to vortices in water, but have qualitatively different properties. Here, the authors show that some links of topological vortices can exhibit much greater stability than analogous structures in water.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-01071-2 |
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| title | Topologically protected vortex knots and links |
| title_full | Topologically protected vortex knots and links |
| title_fullStr | Topologically protected vortex knots and links |
| title_full_unstemmed | Topologically protected vortex knots and links |
| title_short | Topologically protected vortex knots and links |
| title_sort | topologically protected vortex knots and links |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-01071-2 |
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