Macroscopic Angular Momentum States of Bose-Einstein Condensates in Toroidal Traps

M. Benakli, S. Raghavan, A. Smerzi +2

We consider a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of $N$ atoms of repulsive interaction $\sim U_0$, in an elliptical trap, axially pierced by a Gaussian-intensity laser beam, forming an…