Circulation condition of the two-component Bose-Einstein condensate

Authors
Jia, DJ Duan, YS Lee, X
Citation
Dj. Jia et al., Circulation condition of the two-component Bose-Einstein condensate, PHYS LETT A, 289(4-5), 2001, pp. 245-250
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
03759601 → ACNP
Volume
289
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
245 - 250
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(20011022)289:4-5<245:CCOTTB>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A new circulation condition which appears as a generalization of Mermin-Ho relation is presented for two-component spin-1/2 Bose-Einstein condensates as a topological constrain of the superfluid velocity due to SU(2) symmetry of the internal states. The possibility of creating fractional vortices in the condensate is discussed. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights res erved.