Creation and robustness of quantized vortices in a dipolar supersolid when crossing the superfluid-to-supersolid transition

Autor: Šindik, Marija, Recati, Alessio, Roccuzzo, Santo Maria, Santos, Luis, Stringari, Sandro
Rok vydání: 2022
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.106.L061303
Popis: Experiments on dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates have recently reported the observation of supersolidity. Although quantized vortices constitute a key probe of superfluidity, their observability in dipolar supersolids is largely prevented by the strong density depletion caused by the formation of droplets. We present a novel approach to the nucleation of vortices and their observation, based on the quenching of the s-wave scattering length across the superfluid-supersolid transition. Starting from a slowly rotating, vortex-free, configuration in the superfluid phase, we predict vortex nucleation as the system enters the supersolid phase, due to the strong reduction of the critical angular velocity in the supersolid. Once a vortex is created, we show that it is robustly preserved when the condensate is brought back to the superfluid phase, where it may be readily observed.
Databáze: arXiv