Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2004-10-27
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
5 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
A vortex in a quasi two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate is subject to the Magnus force and can be effectively described as a planar particle in a uniform magnetic field. Quantization of this effective particle leads to the lowest Landau level where the most localized wave function is a gaussian. In this gaussian state vortex position seems to fluctuate with an average magnitude set by the magnetic width of the gaussian. We readdress this problem using the number-conserving version of the Bogoliubov theory. We find that the Bogoliubov mode that might be interpreted as a fluctuation of vortex position actually does not contribute to position fluctuation at all. The only non-zero contribution comes from phonons but it is an order of magnitude less than the simple estimate, based on the magnetic width of the effective gaussian wave packet.
Dziarmaga Jacek
Meisner Jakub
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