Solitons in Bose-Einstein condensates with attractive self-interaction on a Möbius strip

We study the matter-wave solitons in Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) trapped on a M"obius st rip (MS), based on the respective Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) equation with the mean-field theory. In the linear regime, vortex states are characterized by quantum numbers, $n$ and $m$, corresponding to the transverse and circumferential directions, with the phase structure determined by the winding number (WN) $m$. Odd and even values of $n$ must associate, respectively, with integer and half-integer values of $m$, the latter ones requiring two cycles of motion around MS for returning to the initial phase. Using variational and numerical methods, we solve the GP equation with the attractive nonlinearity, producing a family of ground-state (GS) solitons for values of the norm below the critical one, above which the collapse sets in. Vortex solitons with $n=1,m=1$ and $n=2,m=1/2$ are obtained in a numerical form. The vortex solitons with $n=1,m=1$ are almost uniformly distributed in the azimuthal direction, while ones with $n=2,m=1/2$ form localized states. The Vakhitov-Kolokolov criterion and linear-stability analysis for the GS soliton solutions and vortices with $n=1,m=1$ demonstrates that they are completely stable, while the localized states with $n=2,m=1/2$ are completely unstable. Finally, the motion of solitons on the MS and the collision of two solitons are discussed.

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Physical review. A/Physical review, A
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2025-02-21
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.111.023325
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5
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Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
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We study the matter-wave solitons in Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) trapped on a M"obius st rip (MS), based on the respective Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) equation with the mean-field theory. In the linear regime, vortex states are characterized by quantum numbers, $n$ and $m$, corresponding to the transverse and circumferential directions, with the phase structure determined by the winding number (WN) $m$. Odd and even values of $n$ must associate, respectively, with integer and half-integer values of $m$, the latter ones requiring two cycles of motion around MS for returning to the initial phase. Using variational and numerical methods, we solve the GP equation with the attractive nonlinearity, producing a family of ground-state (GS) solitons for values of the norm below the critical one, above which the collapse sets in. Vortex solitons with $n=1,m=1$ and $n=2,m=1/2$ are obtained in a numerical form. The vortex solitons with $n=1,m=1$ are almost uniformly distributed in the azimuthal direction, while ones with $n=2,m=1/2$ form localized states. The Vakhitov-Kolokolov criterion and linear-stability analysis for the GS soliton solutions and vortices with $n=1,m=1$ demonstrates that they are completely stable, while the localized states with $n=2,m=1/2$ are completely unstable. Finally, the motion of solitons on the MS and the collision of two solitons are discussed.

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Foshan University (CN), Tel Aviv University (IL), University of Tarapacá (CL), University of International Business (KZ), Northwest Normal University (CN), South China University of Technology (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, Israel Science Foundation, Foundation for Distinguished Young Talents in Higher Education of Guangdong, Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province
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