
Stephanie Reimann
Professor

Universal vortex formation in rotating traps with bosons and fermions
Author
Summary, in English
We show that the rotation of trapped quantum mechanical particles with a repulsive interaction can lead to vortex formation, irrespective of whether the particles are bosons or (unpaired) fermions. The exact many-particle wave function constitutes similar structures in both cases, implying that this vortex formation is indeed universal.
Department/s
- Mathematical Physics
Publishing year
2004
Language
English
Publication/Series
Physical Review Letters
Volume
93
Issue
9
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
American Physical Society
Topic
- Physical Sciences
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1079-7114