Vortex nucleation and quadrupole deformation of a rotating Bose-Einstein condensate

Details Vortex nucleation and quadrupole deformation of a rotating Bose-Einstein condensate Vortex nucleation and quadrupole deformation of a rotating Bose-Einstein condensate

2001-06-26

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0106524v1

Laser Physics 12 (1), 113 (2002)

Physics

Condensed Matter

12 pages, 4 postscript figures

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Using a semi-analytic model based on the Thomas-Fermi approximation, we investigate the relevance of the quadrupole deformation of a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate for the nucleation of quantized vortices. For sufficiently high angular velocities $\Omega$ of the trap, the tendency of the system to exhibit spontaneous deformation is shown to lower the barrier which inhibits the nucleation of vortices at smaller $\Omega$. The corresponding value of the critical angular velocity $\Omega_c$ is calculated as a function of the deformation of the trap and of the chemical potential. The theoretical predictions for $\Omega_c$ refer to the case of a sudden switch-on of the deformed rotating trap and they are compared with recent experimental data.

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