Direct evidence of spatial stability of Bose-Einstein condensate of magnons

I. V. Borisenko (), B. Divinskiy, V. E. Demidov, G. Li, T. Nattermann, V. L. Pokrovsky and S. O. Demokritov
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I. V. Borisenko: University of Muenster
B. Divinskiy: University of Muenster
V. E. Demidov: University of Muenster
G. Li: Texas A&M University
T. Nattermann: University of Cologne
V. L. Pokrovsky: Texas A&M University
S. O. Demokritov: University of Muenster

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons is one of few macroscopic quantum phenomena observed at room temperature. Since its discovery, it became an object of intense research, which led to the observation of many exciting phenomena such as quantized vortices, second sound, and Bogolyubov waves. However, it remained unclear what physical mechanisms can be responsible for the spatial stability of the magnon condensate. Indeed, since magnons are believed to exhibit attractive interaction, it is generally expected that the condensate is unstable with respect to the real-space collapse, contrarily to experimental findings. Here, we provide direct experimental evidence that magnons in a condensate exhibit repulsive interaction resulting in the condensate stabilization and propose a mechanism, which is responsible for this interaction. Our experimental conclusions are additionally supported by the theoretical model based on the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Our findings solve a long-standing problem, providing a new insight into the physics of magnon Bose-Einstein condensates.

Date: 2020
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