New Journal of Physics (Jan 2013)

Collective magnetism in arrays of spinor Bose–Einstein condensates

  • E Y Vedmedenko,
  • M Schult,
  • J Kronjäger,
  • R Wiesendanger,
  • K Bongs,
  • K Sengstock

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/6/063033
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 6
p. 063033

Abstract

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We elucidate dipolar magnetic interaction effects in spinor condensates at a low-background field. In particular, we show that arrays of ferromagnetic spinor Bose–Einstein condensates show a rich phase structure that is strongly influenced by the competition of shape anisotropy and higher-order magnetostatic contributions both depending on the condensate's form.