title: Ultracold superstrings in atomic boson-fermion mixtures.
abstract: We propose a setup with ultracold atomic gases that can be used to make a nonrelativistic superstring in four spacetime dimensions. In particular, we consider for the creation of the superstring a fermionic atomic gas that is trapped in the core of a vortex in a Bose-Einstein condensate. We explain the required tuning of experimental parameters to achieve supersymmetry between the fermionic atoms and the bosonic modes describing the oscillations in the vortex position. Furthermore, we discuss the experimental consequences of supersymmetry.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, Leuvenlaan 4, 3584 CE Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Michiel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Snoek
authors.forename: Masudul
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vandoren
authors.forename: H T C
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Stoof