Vortices and solitons in finite-temperature Bose-Einstein condensates

有限温度玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚中的涡旋和孤子

基本信息

批准号：
EP/D040892/1
负责人：
Carlo Barenghi
金额：
$ 22.53万
依托单位：
Newcastle University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2006
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2006 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FD040892%2F1
关键词：
Vortices solitons finite temperature Bose

项目摘要

In recent years there has been a great deal of attention paid to the properties of ultracold gases. This interest has been prompted by experiments that, by using a combination of magnetic fields and lasers, have been able to confine and cool dilute gases down to temperatures billionths of a degree above absolute zero. At these temperatures strange situations can arise that are unfamilar to us in our everyday lives. For example, if the temperature is low enough the atoms can undergo a phenomenon called Bose-Einstein condensation, where all of the atoms tend to move together. This leads to some rather startling and fascinating behaviour, such as the ability of the gas to flow without resistance. This property, which is similar to the flow of an electric current through a superconductor, is known as superfluidity. A nice feature of ultracold atoms is that they can be easily controlled and imaged directly, and are relatively simple to treat theoretically, so are very good systems in which to study superfluid behaviour.The proposed research will theoretically study the properties of these superfluid ultracold gases. Of particular interest are vortices, which are a familiar feature in fluids where they sometimes appear as whirlpools or tornados. They appear in superfluids when they are rotated or forced to flow past an obstacle too quickly. The vortices can then interact with atoms that are not part of the superfluid, creating a frictional force and therefore a resistance to the flow. So, the vortices are an important component in the breakdown of superfluidity, and our research will be mainly concerned with studying these interactions. A strong motivation for research into this problem is that similar behaviour is found in other systems, such as liquid helium or inside neutron stars, but isn't fully understood theoretically. So by studying this system and comparing to experiments we expect that this will provide valuable insights into these other systems.

近年来，超冷气体的特性引起了人们的广泛关注。这种兴趣是由实验引起的，通过结合使用磁场和激光，已经能够将稀释气体限制并冷却至绝对零以上十亿分之一度的温度。在这样的温度下，可能会出现我们日常生活中不熟悉的奇怪情况。例如，如果温度足够低，原子就会发生一种称为玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚的现象，其中所有原子倾向于一起移动。这导致了一些相当惊人和令人着迷的行为，例如气体无阻力流动的能力。这种性质类似于电流通过超导体的流动，被称为超流动性。超冷原子的一个很好的特点是它们可以很容易地控制和直接成像，并且理论上处理起来相对简单，因此是研究超流体行为的非常好的系统。拟议的研究将从理论上研究这些超流体超冷气体的性质。特别令人感兴趣的是涡流，这是流体中常见的特征，有时表现为漩涡或龙卷风。当它们旋转或被迫过快地流过障碍物时，它们就会出现在超流体中。然后，涡流可以与不属于超流体的原子相互作用，产生摩擦力，从而产生流动阻力。因此，涡旋是超流破坏的重要组成部分，我们的研究将主要关注这些相互作用。研究这个问题的一个强烈动机是，在其他系统中也发现了类似的行为，例如液氦或中子星内部，但理论上尚未完全理解。因此，通过研究这个系统并与实验进行比较，我们希望这将为这些其他系统提供有价值的见解。