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arXiv:1705.10919 · Physical Review A

Collision dynamics of two-dimensional non-Abelian vortices

T. Mawson, Timothy C. Petersen, Tapio Simula

Published Sep 18, 2017• 2 citations
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Abstract

We study computationally the collision dynamics of vortices in a two-dimensional spin-2 Bose-Einstein condensate. In contrast to Abelian vortex pairs, which annihilate or pass through each other, we observe non-Abelian vortex pairs to undergo rungihilation---an event that converts the colliding vortices into a rung vortex. The resulting rung defect subsequently decays to another pair of non-Abelian vortices of different type, accompanied by a magnetization reversal.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.96.033623

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