arXiv:1208.6227 · Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Vortex dynamics of rotating dipolar Bose–Einstein condensates
R. Kishor Kumar, Paulsamy Muruganandam
Abstract
We study the influence of dipole–dipole interaction on the formation of vortices in a rotating dipolar Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) of 52 Cr and 164 Dy atoms in quasi two-dimensional geometry. By numerically solving the corresponding time-dependent mean-field Gross–Pitaevskii equation, we show that the dipolar interaction enhances the number of vortices, while a repulsive contact interaction increases the stability of the vortices. Furthermore, an ordered vortex lattice of a relatively large number of vortices is found in a strongly dipolar BEC.