Topological Wigner crystal of half-solitons in a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate

Phys Rev Lett. 2013 Jan 18;110(3):035303. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.035303. Epub 2013 Jan 15.

Abstract

We consider a one-dimensional gas of half-solitons in a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate. We calculate the topological interaction potential between the half-solitons. Using a kinetic equation of the Vlasov-Boltzmann type, we model the coupled dynamics of the interacting solitons. We show that the dynamics of the system in the gaseous phase is marginally stable and spontaneously evolves toward a Wigner crystal.