Year: 1996
Type: article
Abstract: The motion of a vortex-(anti)vortex pair is studied numerically in the framework of a dynamical Ginzburg-Landau model, relevant to the description of a superconductor or of an idealized bosonic plasma. It is shown that up to a fine ``cyclotron'' internal motion, also studied in detail, two vortices that are brought together rotate around each other, while a vortex and an antivortex move in formation parallel to each other. The velocities of the vortices in both cases are measured to be in remarkable agreement with recent theoretical predictions, down to intervortex distances as small as their characteristic diameter. \textcopyright{} 1996 The American Physical Society.
Authors: G. N. Stratopoulos, T. N. Tomaras
Institution: University of Crete
Language: English
Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1982034415