arXiv:cond-mat/0103272 · Physical Review A

Multiply quantized vortices in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates

Emil Lundh

Published Mar 18, 2002• 124 citations

Abstract

Vortex configurations in rotating Bose-Einstein condensed gases trapped in power-law and anharmonic potentials are studied. When the confining potential is steeper than harmonic in the plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation, vortices with quantum numbers larger than one are energetically favorable if the interaction is weak enough. Features of the wave function for small and intermediate rotation frequencies are investigated numerically.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.65.043604

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