Stable Skyrmions in Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates
- 6 February 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 88 (8) , 080401
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.88.080401
Abstract
We show that stable Skyrmions exist in two-component atomic Bose-Einstein condensates, in the regime of phase separation. Using full three-dimensional simulations we find the stable Skyrmions with topological charges Q = 1 and 2, and compute their properties. With reference to these computations we suggest the salient features of an experimental setup in which they might realized.Keywords
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