Abstract
We compute using a microscopic mean-field theory the structure and the quasiparticle excitation spectrum of a dilute, trapped Bose-Einstein condensate penetrated by an axisymmetric vortex line. The Gross-Pitaevskii equation for the condensate and the coupled Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov-Popov equations describing the elementary excitations are solved self-consistently using finite-difference methods. We find locally stable vortex configurations at all temperatures below Tc.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 396-400 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Computer Physics Communications |
| Volume | 142 |
| Issue number | 1-3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 15 Dec 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Bose-Einstein condensation
- Finite-difference methods
- Vortices