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TY - JOUR
T1 - Energetically stable particlelike skyrmions in a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate
AU - Savage, C.M.
AU - Ruostekoski, J.
PY - 2003/7/1
Y1 - 2003/7/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - skyrmions
KW - bose-einstein condensation
KW - particle traps
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.010403
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.010403
M3 - Journal article
VL - 91
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
SN - 1079-7114
IS - 1
M1 - 010403
ER -