Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2008-11-07
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
8 pages, 4 figures, version accepted to PRA
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.79.013621
We study the stability of singly- and doubly-quantized vortex states of harmonically trapped dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensates (BECs) by calculating the low-lying excitations of these condensates. We map the dynamical stability of these vortices as functions of the dipole-dipole interaction strength and trap geometry by finding where their excitations have purely real energy eigenvalues. In contrast to BECs with purely contact interactions, we find that dipolar BECs in singly-quantized vortex states go unstable to modes with an increasing number of angular and radial nodes for more oblate trap aspect ratios, corresponding to \emph{local} collapse that occurs on a characteristic length scale. Additionally, we find that dipolar BECs in doubly-quantized vortex states are unstable to decay into a different topological state (with two singly-quantized vortices) for all interaction strengths when the trap geometry is sufficiently prolate to make the dipoles attractive, and in windows of interaction strength when the trap geometry is sufficiently oblate to make the dipoles repulsive.
Bohn John. L.
Ronen Shai
Wilson Ryan M.
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