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Persistent currents in a bosonic mixture in the ring geometry

arXiv:1207.3449 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.88.013609

Abstract

In this paper we analyze the possibility of persistent currents of a two-species bosonic mixture in the one-dimensional ring geometry. We extend the arguments used by Bloch to obtain a criterion for the stability of persistent currents for the two-species system. If the mass ratio of the two species is a rational number, persistent currents can be stable at multiples of a certain total angular momenta. We show that the Bloch criterion can also be viewed as a Landau criterion involving the elementary excitations of the system. Our analysis reveals that persistent currents at higher angular momenta are more stable for the two-species system than previously thought.

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