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Scanning SQUID Study of Vortex Manipulation by Local Contact
Published on: February 1, 2017
Microscopic structure of a vortex line in a dilute superfluid fermi gas
N Nygaard1, G M Bruun, C W Clark
1Electron and Optical Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8410, USA.
Abstract:
The microscopic properties of a single vortex in a dilute superfluid Fermi gas at zero temperature are examined within the framework of self-consistent Bogoliubov-de Gennes theory. Using only physical parameters as input, we study the pair potential, the density, the energy, and the current distribution. Comparison of the numerical results with analytical expressions clearly indicates that the energy of the vortex is governed by the zero-temperature BCS coherence length.
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