Ergoregion instabilities in rotating two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates: Perspectives on the stability of quantized vortices
Luca Giacomelli, Iacopo Carusotto
Abstract
This paper shows that multiply quantized vortices in two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates display instabilities analogous to the ergoregion instabilities of rotating relativistic spacetimes. This implies that multiply quantized vortices are dynamically unstable in an otherwise uniform condensate.
Topics & Concepts
Bose–Einstein condensateVortexPhysicsStability (learning theory)InstabilityQuantum mechanicsClassical mechanicsCondensed matter physicsQuantum electrodynamicsMechanicsMachine learningComputer scienceStrong Light-Matter InteractionsCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesQuantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect