TY - JOUR
TI - A Parrinello-Rahman approach to vortex lattices
AU - Carretero-Gonzalez, R
AU - Kevrekidis, PG
AU - Kevrekidis, IG and
AU - Maroudas, D
AU - Frantzeskakis, DJ
JO - MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A
PY - 2005
VL - 341
TODO - 1-4
SP - 128-134
PB - Elsevier
SN - 0217-7323
TODO - 10.1016/j.physleta.2005.04.046
TODO - vortices; molecular dynamics; Parrinello-Rahman; vortex lattices;
Bose-Einstein condensation
TODO - We present a framework for studying vortex lattice patterns and their
structural transitions, using the Parrinello-Rahman (PR) method for
molecular-dynamics (MD) simulations. Assuming an interaction between
vortices derived from a Ginzburg-Landau field-theoretic context, we
extract the ground-state of a “vortex gas” using the PR-MD technique
and find it to be a triangular pattern. Other patterns are also obtained
for special initial conditions. Generalizations of the technique, such
as the inclusion of external potentials or excitation of quadrupolar
modes, are also commented upon. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights
reserved.
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