Vortex Dipole in a BEC with dipole-dipole interaction

Abstract

We consider single and multiply charged quantized vortex dipole in an oblate dipolar Bose Einstein condensate in the Thomas-Fermi (TF) regime. We calculate the critical velocity for the formation of a pair of vortices of opposite charge. We find that dipolar interactions decrease the critical velocity for a vortex dipole nucleation.

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