arXiv · 1508.01697
Stable Hopf solitons in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates
Abstract
We reveal that Hopf solitons can be stabilized in rotating atomic Bose-Einstein condensate. The Hopfion is a matter-wave vortex complex which carries two independent winding numbers. Such a topological solitonic structure results from a superfluid flow of atoms simultaneously quantized in poloidal and toroidal directions. In the framework of a dissipative mean-field model we observe different unstable evolution scenarios of the Hopfions. We demonstrate energetic and dynamical stability of the Hopf solitons under experimentally feasible conditions.
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Y. M. Bidasyuk, A. V. Chumachenko, O. O. Prikhodko, S. I. Vilchinskii, M. Weyrauch, A. I. Yakimenko. 2015-11-11. Stable Hopf solitons in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.92.053603
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