Benakli, M. ; Raghavan, S. ; Smerzi, A. ; Fantoni, S. ; Shenoy, S. R. (1999) Macroscopic angular-momentum states of Bose-Einstein condensates in toroidal traps EPL: Europhysics Letters, 46 (3). pp. 275-281. ISSN 0295-5075
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Abstract
We study the stability of a rotating repulsive-atom Bose-Einstein condensate in a toroidal trap. The resulting macroscopic angular-momentum states with integer vorticity l spread radially, lowering rotational energies. These states are robust against vorticity-lowering decays, with estimated metastability barriers capable of sustaining large angular momenta (/≲ 10) for typical parameters. We identify the centrifugally squashed l-dependent density profile as a possible signature of condensate rotation and superfluidity.
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