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arXiv:2010.13765 · Physical Review A

Dynamics of massive point vortices in a binary mixture of Bose-Einstein condensates

Andrea Richaud, Vittorio Penna, Alexander L. Fetter

Published Feb 8, 2021• 59 citations
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Abstract

We study the massive point-vortex model introduced in Richaud et al. [A. Richaud, V. Penna, R. Mayol, and M. Guilleumas, Phys. Rev. A 101, 013630 (2020)], which describes two-dimensional point vortices of one species that have small cores of a different species. We derive the relevant Lagrangian itself, based on the time-dependent variational method with a two-component Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) trial function. The resulting Lagrangian resembles that of charged particles in a static electromagnetic field, where the canonical momentum includes an electromagnetic term. The simplest example is a single vortex with a rigid circular boundary, where a massless vortex can only precess uniformly. In contrast, the presence of a sufficiently large filled vortex core renders such precession unstable. A small core mass can also lead to small radial oscillations, which are, in turn, clear evidence of the associated inertial effect. Detailed numerical analysis of coupled two-component GP equations with a single vortex and small second-component core confirms the presence of such radial oscillations, implying that this more realistic GP vortex also acts as if it has a small massive core.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.103.023311

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We thoroughly analyze a notable class of states peculiar to a bosonic repulsive binary mixture loaded in a rotating box-like circular trap, i.e. states where vortices in one species host the atoms of the other species, which thus play the role of massive cores. Within a fully-analytic framework, we calculate the equilibrium distance distinguishing the motion of precession of two corotating massive vortices, the angular momentum of each condensed species, the vortices healing length and the cores characteristic size. We then compare these previsions with the measures extracted from the numerical solutions of the associated coupled Gross-Pitaevskii equations. Interestingly, making use of a suitable change of reference frame, we show that the vortices drag the massive cores which they host thus conveying them their same motion of precession, but there is no evidence of quantum viscous friction between the two fluids, since the cores keep their orientation constant while orbiting.
Abstract We study the motion of superfluid vortices with filled massive cores. Previous point-vortex models already pointed out the impact of the core mass on the vortex dynamical properties, but relied on an assumption that is questionable in many physical systems where the immiscibility condition is barely satisfied: the fact that the massive core always lays at the very bottom of the effective confining potential constituted by the hosting vortex. Here, we relax this assumption and present a new point-vortex model where quantum vortices are harmonically coupled to their massive cores. We thoroughly explore the new dynamical regimes offered by this improved model; we then show that the functional dependence of the system normal modes on the microscopic parameters can be correctly interpreted only within this new generalized framework. Our predictions are benchmarked against the numerical simulations of coupled Gross–Pitaevskii equations for a realistic mixture of atomic Bose–Einstein condensates.
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Abstract We consider the dynamical properties of quantum vortices with filled massive cores, hence the term “massive vortices”. While the motion of massless vortices is described by first-order motion equations, the inclusion of core mass introduces a second-order time derivative in the motion equations and thus doubles the number of independent dynamical variables needed to describe the vortex. The simplest possible system where this physics is present, i.e. a single massive vortex in a circular domain, is thoroughly discussed. We point out that a massive vortex can exhibit various dynamical regimes, as opposed to its massless counterpart, which can only precess at a constant rate. The predictions of our analytical model are validated by means of numerical simulations of coupled Gross-Pitaevskii equations, which indeed display the signature of the core inertial mass. Eventually, we discuss a nice formal analogy between the motion of massive vortices and that of massive charges in two-dimensional domains pierced by magnetic fields.