Exotic Vortex Lattices in Binary Repulsive Superfluids

Abstract

We investigate a mixture of two repulsively interacting superfluids with different constituent particle masses: $m_1\ne m_2$. Solutions to the Gross-Pitaevskii equation for homogeneous infinite vortex lattices predict the existence of rich vortex lattice configurations, a number of which correspond to Platonic and Archimedean planar tilings. Some notable geometries include the snub-square, honeycomb, kagome, and herringbone lattice configurations. We present a full phase diagram for the case $m_2/m_1 = 2$ and list a number of geometries that are found for higher integer mass ratios.

5 pages, 3 figures