Dynamics of vortices in weakly interacting Bose-Einstein condensates

We study the dynamics of vortices in ideal and weakly interacting Bose-Einstein condensates using a Ritz minimization method to solve the two-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation. For different initial vortex configurations we calculate the trajectories of the vortices. We find conditions under whi...

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Main Authors: Klein, A, Jaksch, D, Zhang, Y, Bao, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2007
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