Dynamic and Energetic Stabilization of Persistent Currents in Bose-Einstein Condensates

K. J. H. Law, T. W. Neely, P. G. Kevrekidis +3

We study conditions under which vortices in a highly oblate harmonically trapped Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) can be stabilized due to pinning by a blue-detuned Gaussian laser be…