Knots in a Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensate

2008/02/14 by Yuki Kawaguchi, Muneto Nitta, Masahito Ueda · 150 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Bose–Einstein condensate #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Condensed matter physics #Phase (matter) #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Polar #Quantum mechanics #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #Spin (aerodynamics) #Spinor #astro-ph #cond-mat.other #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.100.180403

published in Physical Review Letters 100(18), 180403 (American Physical Society) · 4 pages, 3 figures

arxiv created 2008/02/14 · openalex publication_date 2008/05/07 · arxiv updated 2010/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

We show that knots of spin textures can be created in the polar phase of a spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate, and discuss experimental schemes for their generation and probe, together with their lifetime.

Citations

• A unified field theory of mesons and baryons
• Monopole Core Instability and Alice Rings in Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates
• Magnetic monopoles in unified gauge theories
• Stable knot-like structures in classical field theory
• A non-linear field theory
• The topological theory of defects in ordered media
• Skyrmion physics in Bose-Einstein ferromagnets
• A Cosmic Microwave Background Feature Consistent with a Cosmic Texture

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