Spontaneously Ordered Spin Textures In A Dipolar Spinor Gas

Spontaneously ordered spin textures in a dipolar spinor gas

Mukund Vengalattore
UC Berkeley

Spinor Bose gases - multicomponent quantum fluids with a spin degree of freedom - exhibit a coupling between superfluidity and magnetism. Due to the interplay between magnetic dipolar interactions and the local ferromagnetic interaction in these quantum gases, we observe the spontaneous formation of spin domains that exhibit crystalline order. I will present measurements of the equilibrium spin textures of this dipolar magnetic superfluid.