Motion of vortex lines in quantum mechanics
- 16 February 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 61 (3) , 032110
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.61.032110
Abstract
Exact analytic solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation are produced that exhibit a variety of vortex structures. The qualitative analysis of the motion of vortex lines is presented and various types of vortex behavior are identified. Vortex creation and annihilation and vortex interactions are illustrated in the special cases of the free motion, the motion in the harmonic potential, and in the constant magnetic field. Similar analysis of the vortex motions is carried out also for a relativistic wave equation.Keywords
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