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  • Title: Vortex nucleation in a stirred Bose-Einstein condensate.
    Author: Raman C, Abo-Shaeer JR, Vogels JM, Xu K, Ketterle W.
    Journal: Phys Rev Lett; 2001 Nov 19; 87(21):210402. PubMed ID: 11736324.
    Abstract:
    We studied the nucleation of vortices in a Bose-Einstein condensate stirred by a laser beam. The vortex cores were observed using time-of-flight absorption imaging. Depending on the stirrer size, either discrete resonances or a broad response was visible as the stir frequency was varied. Stirring beams small compared to the condensate size generated vortices below the critical rotation frequency for the nucleation of surface modes, suggesting a local mechanism of generation. In addition, we observed the centrifugal distortion of the condensate due to the rotating vortex lattice and found evidence for bent vortices.
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