On the vortex filament conjecture for the Gross-Pitaevskii equation

Abstract

We establish one form of the vortex filament conjecture for the three-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Given any smooth closed embedded binormal flow of curves on a compact time interval, we construct, in the small-core limit $\epsilon \to 0$, a family of exact solutions whose degree-one vortex filaments converge uniformly to the prescribed flow. Near the filament the solutions have the standard planar vortex profile, while away from it their phase gradients converge to the associated Biot-Savart field. We also derive a refined modulation law for the vortex filament.

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