Influence of global features of a Bose-Einstein condensate on the vortex velocity
arXiv:1409.6166 · doi:10.1140/epjd/e2009-00196-3
Abstract
We study the way in which the geometry of the trapping potential affects the vortex velocity in a Bose-Einstein condensate confined by a toroidal trap. We calculate the vortex precession velocity through a simple relationship between such a velocity and the gradient of the numerically obtained vortex energy. We observe that our results correspond very closely to the velocity calculated through time evolution simulations. However, we find that the estimates derived from available velocity field formulas present appreciable differences. To resolve such discrepancies, we further study the induced velocity field, analyzing the effect of global features of the condensate on such a field and on the precession velocity.
arXiv commentTypo (vector product) in eqs. 7, 8, 10, 12 and 13 of the journal version corrected
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