Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
1999-06-09
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
8 pages, RevTex
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.60.4910
A second-order expansion of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation in the interaction parameter determines the thermodynamic critical angular velocity Omega_c for the creation of a vortex in a small axisymmetric condensate. Similarly, a second-order expansion of the Bogoliubov equations determines the (negative) frequency omega_a of the anomalous mode. Although Omega_c = -omega_a through first order, the second-order contributions ensure that the absolute value |omega_a| is always smaller than the critical angular velocity Omega_c. With increasing external rotation Omega, the dynamical instability of the condensate with a vortex disappears at Omega*=|omega_a|, whereas the vortex state becomes energetically stable at the larger value Omega_c. Both second-order contributions depend explicitly on the axial anisotropy of the trap. The appearance of a local minimum of the free energy for a vortex at the center determines the metastable angular velocity Omega_m. A variational calculation yields Omega_m=|\omega_a| to first order (hence Omega_m also coincides with the critical angular velocity Omega_c to this order). Qualitatively, the scenario for the onset of stability in the weak-coupling limit is the same as that found in the strong-coupling (Thomas-Fermi) limit.
Fetter Alexander L.
Linn Marion
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