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Coreless and singular vortex lattices in rotating spinor Bose-Einstein condensates
We theoretically investigate vortex-lattice phases of rotating spinor
Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) with the ferromagnetic spin-interaction by
numerically solving the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. The spinor BEC under slow
rotation can sustain a rich variety of exotic vortices due to the
multi-component order parameters, such as the Mermin-Ho and Anderson-Toulouse
coreless vortices (the 2-dimensional skyrmion and meron) and the
non-axisymmetric vortices with the sifting vortex cores. Here, we present the
spin texture of various vortex-lattice states at higher rotation rates and in
the presence of the external magnetic field. In addition, the vortex phase
diagram is constructed in the plane by the total magnetization and the
external rotation frequency by comparing the free energies of possible
vortices. It is shown that the vortex phase diagram in a - plane may
be divided into two categories; (i) the coreless vortex lattice formed by the
several types of Mermin-Ho vortices and (ii) the vortex lattice filling in the
cores with the pure polar (antiferromagnetic) state. In particular, it is found
that the type-(ii) state forms the composite lattices of coreless and
polar-core vortices. The difference between the type-(i) and type-(ii) results
from the existence of the singularity of the spin textures, which may be
experimentally confirmed by the spin imaging within polarized light recently
proposed by Carusotto and Mueller. We also discussed on the stability of
triangular and square lattice states for rapidly rotating condensates.Comment: to be published in Phys. Rev.
Antiskyrmions stabilized at interfaces by anisotropic Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction
Chiral magnets are an emerging class of topological matter harbouring
localized and topologically protected vortex-like magnetic textures called
skyrmions, which are currently under intense scrutiny as a new entity for
information storage and processing. Here, on the level of micromagnetics we
rigorously show that chiral magnets cannot only host skyrmions but also
antiskyrmions as least-energy configurations over all non-trivial homotopy
classes. We derive practical criteria for their occurrence and coexistence with
skyrmions that can be fulfilled by (110)-oriented interfaces in dependence on
the electronic structure. Relating the electronic structure to an atomistic
spin-lattice model by means of density-functional calculations and minimizing
the energy on a mesoscopic scale applying spin-relaxation methods, we propose a
double layer of Fe grown on a W(110) substrate as a practical example. We
conjecture that ultrathin magnetic films grown on semiconductor or heavy metal
substrates with symmetry are prototype classes of materials hosting
magnetic antiskyrmions.Comment: 20 pages (11 pages + 9 pages supplementary material
Suspensions of prolate spheroids in Stokes flow. Part 3. Hydrodynamic transport properties of crystalline dispersions
The short-time limit of the hydrodynamic transport properties is calculated for crystalline dispersions of parallel prolate spheroids using a moment expansion technique similar in concept to the simulation method known as Stokesian dynamics. The concentration dependence of the sedimentation rate, the hindered diffusivity and the Theological behaviour of face-centred lattices are examined for concentrations up to regular close packing (74% by volume). The influence of the detailed microstructure of the dispersion is also investigated by considering different arrangements of parallel ellipsoids. Useful reference configurations are proposed as standard geometries for regular arrays of prolate spheroids
Spinor Bose-Einstein condensates
An overview on the physics of spinor and dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates
(BECs) is given. Mean-field ground states, Bogoliubov spectra, and many-body
ground and excited states of spinor BECs are discussed. Properties of
spin-polarized dipolar BECs and those of spinor-dipolar BECs are reviewed. Some
of the unique features of the vortices in spinor BECs such as fractional
vortices and non-Abelian vortices are delineated. The symmetry of the order
parameter is classified using group theory, and various topological excitations
are investigated based on homotopy theory. Some of the more recent developments
in a spinor BEC are discussed.Comment: To appear in Physics Reports. The PDF file with high resolution
figures is available from the following website:
http://cat.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publication/review_of_spinorBEC.pd
Compatible abelian symmetries in N-Higgs-Doublet Models
We analyze the compatibility between abelian symmetries acting in two
different sectors of a theory using the Smith Normal Form method. We focus on
N-Higgs-doublet models (NHDMs) and on the compatibility between symmetries in
the Higgs potential and in the Yukawa interactions, which were separately
analyzed previous works. It is shown that two equal (isomorphic) symmetry
groups that act in two separate sectors are not necessarily compatible in the
whole theory and an upper bound is found for the size of the group that can be
implemented in the entire NHDM. We also develop useful techniques to analyze
compatibility and extend a symmetry from one sector to another. Consequences to
the supersymmetric case are briefly discussed.Comment: v2: 40pp; some modifications in text, brief discussion on the
supersymmetric case added; to appear in JHE
Rotating spin-1 bosons in the lowest Landau level
We present results for the ground states of a system of spin-1 bosons in a
rotating trap. We focus on the dilute, weakly interacting regime, and restrict
the bosons to the quantum states in the lowest Landau level (LLL) in the plane
(disc), sphere or torus geometries. We map out parts of the zero temperature
phase diagram, using both exact quantum ground states and LLL mean field
configurations. For the case of a spin-independent interaction we present exact
quantum ground states at angular momentum . For general values of the
interaction parameters, we present mean field studies of general ground states
at slow rotation and of lattices of vortices and skyrmions at higher rotation
rates. Finally, we discuss quantum Hall liquid states at ultra-high rotation.Comment: 24 pages, 14 figures, RevTe
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