arXiv · 0710.5550
Vortex lattice transitions in cyclic spinor condensates
Abstract
We study the energetics of vortices and vortex lattices produced by rotation in the cyclic phase of F=2 spinor Bose condensates. In addition to the familiar triangular lattice predicted by Tkachenko for $^4$He, many more complex lattices appear in this system as a result of the spin degree of freedom. In particular, we predict a magnetic-field-driven transition from a triangular lattice to a honeycomb lattice. Other transitions and lattice geometries are driven at constant field by changes in the temperature-dependent ratio of charge and spin stiffnesses, including a transition through an aperiodic vortex structure.
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Ryan Barnett, Subroto Mukerjee, Joel E. Moore. 2007-10-30. Vortex lattice transitions in cyclic spinor condensates. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.100.240405
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