Physics – Condensed Matter – Quantum Gases
Scientific paper
2009-09-09
Phys. Rev. A 81, 013610 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Quantum Gases
10 pages, 6 figures. v2: Minor changes in response to referee's comments. To appear in PRA
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.81.013610
We perform finite-temperature dynamical simulations of the arrest of a rotating Bose-Einstein condensate by a fixed trap anisotropy, using a Hamiltonian classical-field method. We consider a quasi-two-dimensional condensate containing a single vortex in equilibrium with a rotating thermal cloud. Introducing an elliptical deformation of the trapping potential leads to the loss of angular momentum from the system. We identify the condensate and the complementary thermal component of the nonequilibrium field, and compare the evolution of their angular momenta and angular velocities. By varying the trap anisotropy we alter the relative efficiencies of the vortex-cloud and cloud-trap coupling. For strong trap anisotropies the angular momentum of the thermal cloud may be entirely depleted before the vortex begins to decay. For weak trap anisotropies, the thermal cloud exhibits a long-lived steady state in which it rotates at an intermediate angular velocity.
Ballagh Robert J.
Bradley Alexander S.
Wright Tod M.
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