Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2006-05-03
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 120406 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
4 pages, 2 figures; published version
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.120406
The $s=1$ spinor Bose condensate at zero temperature supports ferromagnetic and polar phases that combine magnetic and superfluid ordering. We analyze the topological defects of the polar condensate, correcting previous studies, and show that the polar condensate in two dimensions is unstable at any finite temperature; instead there is a nematic or paired superfluid phase with algebraic order in $\exp(2 i \theta)$, where $\theta$ is the superfluid phase, and no magnetic order. The Kosterlitz-Thouless transition out of this phase is driven by unbinding of half-vortices (the spin-disordered version of the combined spin and phase defects found by Zhou), and the anomalous universal $8 T_c / \pi$ stiffness jump at the transition is confirmed in numerical simulations. The anomalous stiffness jump is a clear experimental signature of this phase and the corresponding phase transition.
Moore Joel E.
Mukerjee Subroto
Xu Cenke
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