arXiv · 1401.7548
Vortex generation in a superfluid gas of dipolar chains in crossed electric and magnetic fields
Abstract
Crossed electric and magnetic fields influence dipolar neutral particles in the same way as the magnetic field influences charged particles. The effect of crossed fields is proportional to the dipole moment of the particle (inherent or induced). We show that this effect is quite spectacular in a multilayer system of polar molecules. In this system molecules may bind in chains. At low temperature the gas of chains becomes the superfluid one. The crossed fields then induce vortices in the superfluid gas of chains. The density of vortices is proportional to the number of particles in the chain. The effect can be used for monitoring the formation and destruction of chains in multilayer dipolar gases.
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D. V. Fil, S. I. Shevchenko. 2014-01-29. Vortex generation in a superfluid gas of dipolar chains in crossed electric and magnetic fields. https://doi.org/10.1063/10.0000875
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