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Vortex dipole in a trapped atomic Bose-Einstein condensate

2004; American Physical Society; Volume: 70; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physreva.70.043619

1538-4446

Qi Zhou, Hui Zhai,

Mechanical and Optical Resonators

We calculate the angular momentum and energy of a vortex dipole in a trapped atomic Bose-Einstein condensate. Fully analytic expressions are obtained. We apply the results to understand an interesting phenomenon in the MIT group experiment [Raman et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 210402 (2001)], an excellent agreement is achieved, and further experimental investigation is proposed to confirm this vortex dipole mechanism. We then suggest an effective generation and detection of vortex dipole for experimental realization. Application of the sum rule to calculate collective mode frequency splitting is also discussed.