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arxiv: 0710.5550 · v1 · submitted 2007-10-30 · ❄️ cond-mat.other

Vortex lattice transitions in cyclic spinor condensates

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keywords latticevortexcondensatescycliclatticesspinspinortransition
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We study the energetics of vortices and vortex lattices produced by rotation in the cyclic phase of F=2 spinor Bose condensates. In addition to the familiar triangular lattice predicted by Tkachenko for $^4$He, many more complex lattices appear in this system as a result of the spin degree of freedom. In particular, we predict a magnetic-field-driven transition from a triangular lattice to a honeycomb lattice. Other transitions and lattice geometries are driven at constant field by changes in the temperature-dependent ratio of charge and spin stiffnesses, including a transition through an aperiodic vortex structure.

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