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Giant vortices in rotating electron droplets

Räsänen, Esa ; Saarikoski, Henri ; Yu, Yongle LU ; Harju, Ari ; Puska, Martti and Reimann, Stephanie LU (2006) In Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics 73(23). p.235324-235330
Abstract
We predict the formation of giant vortices in quasi-two-dimensional quantum dots at high magnetic fields, i.e., in rapidly rotating electron droplets. Our numerical results for quantum dots confined by a flat, anharmonic potential show ground states where vortices are accumulated in the center of the dot, thereby leading to large cores in the electron and current densities. The phenomenon is analogous to what was recently found in rotating Bose-Einstein condensates. The giant-vortex states leave measurable signatures in the ground-state energetics. The conditions for the giant-vortex formation as well as the internal structure of the vortex cores are discussed.
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  author       = {{Räsänen, Esa and Saarikoski, Henri and Yu, Yongle and Harju, Ari and Puska, Martti and Reimann, Stephanie}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  pages        = {{235324--235330}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics}},
  title        = {{Giant vortices in rotating electron droplets}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.73.235324}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevB.73.235324}},
  volume       = {{73}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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