Dislocation-Mediated Melting in Superfluid Vortex Lattices

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We describe thermal melting of the two-dimensional vortex lattice in a rotating superfluid by generalizing the Halperin and Nelson theory of dislocation-mediated melting. and derive a melting temperature proportional to the renormalized shear modulus of the vortex lattice. The rigid-body rotation of the superfluid attenuates the effects of lattice compression on the energy of dislocations and hence the melting temperature, while not affecting the shearing. Finally, we discuss dislocations and thermal melting in inhomogeneous rapidly rotating Bose-Einstein condensates; we delineate a phase diagram in the temperature -- rotation rate plane, and infer that the thermal melting temperature should lie below the Bose-Einstein transition temperature.
9 pages, 2 figures

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Statistical Mechanics, Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/174656

Consulte el texto completo en el siguiente enlace:

https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.2436
 http://arxiv.org/abs/0807.2436
 Phys. Rev. A 78, 043607 (2008)
 doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.78.043607

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