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arXiv:1509.01911 · Physical Review A

Emergence of classical rotation in superfluid Bose-Einstein condensates

Angela White, Tara Hennessy, Thomas Busch

Published Mar 1, 2016• 10 citations
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Abstract

Phase transitions can modify quantum behavior on mesoscopic scales and give access to new and unusual quantum dynamics. Here we investigate the superfluid properties of a rotating two-component Bose-Einstein condensate as a function of changes in the interaction energy and in particular through the phase transition from miscibility to immiscibility. We show that the breaking of one of the hallmarks of superfluid flow, namely, the quantization condition on circulation, is continuous throughout an azimuthal phase-separation process and displays intriguing flow dynamics. We find that the resulting currents are stable for long times and possess a boundary between the two condensate components that exhibits classical solid-body rotation, despite the quantum nature of superfluid flow. To support this coexistence of classical and quantum behavior the system develops a unique velocity flow profile, which includes unusual radial flow in regions near the boundary.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.93.033601

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We investigate the non-equilibrium dynamics across the miscible–immiscible phase separation in a binary mixture of Bose–Einstein condensates. The excitation spectra reveal that the Landau critical velocity vanishes at the critical point, where the superfluidity spontaneously breaks down. We analytically extract the dynamical critical exponent z = 2 and static correlation length critical exponent v = 1/2 from the Landau critical velocity. Moreover, by simulating the real-time dynamics across the critical point, we find the average domain number and the average bifurcation delay show universal scaling laws with respect to the quench time. We then numerically extract the static correlation length critical exponent v = 1/2 and the dynamical critical exponent z = 2 according to Kibble–Zurek mechanism. The scaling exponents ( v = 1/2, z = 2) in the phase separation driven by quenching the atom–atom interaction are different from the ones ( v = 1/2, z = 1) in the phase separation driven by quenching the Rabi coupling strength (2009 Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 070401; 2011 Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 230402). Our study explores the connections between the spontaneous superfluidity breakdown and the spontaneous defect formation in the phase separation dynamics.
A quantum liquid of an almost ideal Bose gas brought into rotation is investigated from a physical and mechanical point of view on the basis of the Gross–Pitaevskii (GP) equation by applying a quantum-mechanical scenario, i.e. the London scenario. This scenario allows a superfluid to have rotational states. Considering that the equation governs an interacting Bose gas, it is proposed that the GP equation admits rotational flows of a superfluid. This is carried out without incurring essential change of the equation. By this reformulation, a superfluid placed in a rotating vessel is able to have a solid body rotation with the same angular velocity as its container and also to have a meniscus approximated by a parabolic profile. The solid body rotation is accompanied by a density increase proportional to the square of its angular velocity. These are consistent with experimental observations. In addition, this formulation allows a vortex of quantized circulation with coaxial rotational core whose density does not necessarily vanish at its center.
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We study the phase separation configurations and their rotational properties for a mixture of two interacting charged Bose-Einstein condensates subject to a magnetic field trapped in disc and Corbino geometries. We calculate the ground state energies of azimuthal and radial phase separation configurations using the Gross-Pitaevskii and the Thomas-Fermi approximations. We show that the results for experimentally relevant system parameters from both approaches are in good agreement. The immiscible mixture in both geometries with equal intracomponent interactions favors the azimuthal phase separation for any intercomponent interactions. Only an imbalance in the intracomponent interactions can result in a transition to the radial phase separation, for which the transition becomes sensitive to the shape of the trap. We present phase diagrams as function of the inter and intracomponent interactions. While the radial phase separation is widely favoured in disc geometry, the azimuthal phase separation is favoured for narrower Corbino geometries. We explore the rotational properties of the spatially separated condensates under the magnetic field, studying their angular momenta and velocity fields. The quantization of circulation breaks down for the azimuthal phase separation. In this case, the bulk region of the condensate continues to display superfluid flow behavior whereas the velocity field shows a rigid body behavior along the phase boundaries.