arXiv · 0901.3800
Periodic spin textures in a degenerate F=1 $^{87}$Rb spinor Bose gas
Abstract
We report on the spin textures produced by cooling unmagnetized $^{87}$Rb F=1 spinor gases into the regime of quantum degeneracy. At low temperatures, magnetized textures form that break translational symmetry and display short-range periodic magnetic order characterized by one- or two-dimensional spatial modulations with wavelengths much smaller than the extent of the quasi-two-dimensional degenerate gas. Spin textures produced upon cooling spin mixtures with a non-zero initial magnetic quadrupole moment also show ferromagnetic order that, at low temperature, coexists with the spatially modulated structure.
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M. Vengalattore, J. Guzman, S. Leslie, F. Serwane, D. M. Stamper-Kurn. 2010-03-03. Periodic spin textures in a degenerate F=1 $^{87}$Rb spinor Bose gas. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.81.053612
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