title: Vortex-nucleating Zeeman resonance in axisymmetric rotating Bose-Einstein condensates.
abstract: By use of the Larmor equivalence between uniform rotation and a magnetic field, we consider in the strong-interaction Thomas-Fermi regime the single centered vortex as the first Zeeman-like excited state of the axisymmetric rotating Bose-Einstein condensate. This yields a resonant-drive nucleation mechanism whose threshold is in quite good agreement with ENS, MIT, and JILA experimental results.
authors.affiliation: Département Cassiopée, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, BP 4229, 06304 Nice Cédex 4, France.
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reinisch