Equilibrium properties and dissipative dynamics of vortex arrays in trapped Bose-condensed gases
Equilibrium properties and dissipative dynamics of vortex arrays in trapped Bose-condensed gases
We develop a theory of dissipative dynamics of large vortex arrays in trapped Bose-condensed gases. We show that in a static trap the interaction of the vortex array with thermal excitations leads to a non-exponential decay of the vortex structure, and the characteristic lifetime depends on the initial density of …