Observation of Hybrid Soliton Vortex-Ring Structures in Bose-Einstein Condensates
arXiv:cond-mat/0408464 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.040403
Abstract
We present the experimental discovery of compound structures comprising solitons and vortex rings in Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs). We examine both their creation via soliton-vortex collisions and their subsequent development, which is largely governed by the dynamics of interacting vortex rings. A theoretical model in three-dimensional (3D) cylindrical symmetry is also presented.
5 pages, 4 figures; submitted to PRL