arXiv:0704.0122 · Physical Review Letters
Spinor Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensates: Classical Spin Approach
Masahiro O. Takahashi, Sankalpa Ghosh, Takeshi Mizushima, K. Machida
Abstract
Bose-Einstein condensates which are dominated by magnetic dipole-dipole interaction are discussed under spinful situations. We treat the spin degrees of freedom as a classical spin vector, approaching from the large spin limit to obtain an effective minimal Hamiltonian. This is a version extended from a nonlinear sigma model. By solving the Gross-Pitaevskii equation, we find several novel spin textures where the mass density and spin density are strongly coupled, depending upon trap geometries due to the long-range and anisotropic natures of the dipole-dipole interaction.