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Dynamics and Interaction of Vortex Lines in an Elongated Bose-Einstein Condensate

Dynamics and Interaction of Vortex Lines in an Elongated Bose-Einstein Condensate

We study the real-time dynamics of vortex lines in a large elongated Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of sodium atoms using a stroboscopic technique. Vortices are spontaneously produced via the Kibble-Zurek mechanism in a quench across the BEC transition and then they slowly precess keeping their orientation perpendicular to the long axis …