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Energetically stable particlelike skyrmions in a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate

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Article number010403
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>1/07/2003
<mark>Journal</mark>Physical review letters
Issue number1
Volume91
Number of pages4
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

We numerically show that a topologically nontrivial 3D Skyrmion can be energetically stable in a trapped two-component atomic Bose-Einstein condensate, for the parameters of Rb-87 condensate experiments. The separate conservation of the two atomic species can stabilize the Skyrmion against shrinking to zero size, while drift of the Skyrmion due to the trap-induced density gradient can be prevented by rotation or by a laser potential.