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Vortex-antivortex pair in a Bose-Einstein condensate - Type-II quantum lattice gas as a nonlinear ?4theory of a complex field

Authors :
Yepez, J.
Vahala, G.
Vahala, L.
Source :
European Physical Journal Special Topics; April 2009, Vol. 171 Issue: 1 p9-14, 6p
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

Presented is a type-II quantum algorithm for superfluid dynamics, used to numerically predict solutions of the GP equation for a complex scalar field (spinless bosons) in ?4theory. The GP equation is a long wavelength effective field theory of a microscopic quantum lattice gas with nonlinear state reduction. The quantum lattice gas algorithm for modeling the dynamics of the one-body BEC state in 3+1 dimensions is presented. To demonstrate the method's strength as a computational physics tool, a difficult situation of filamentary singularities is simulated, the dynamics of solitary vortex-antivortex pairs, which are a basic building block of morphologies of quantum turbulence.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19516355
Volume :
171
Issue :
1
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
European Physical Journal Special Topics
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs18716717