Creation of a 3-D Skyrmion (VIDEO)

Aalto University

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This is a side view of the experimental creation of a 3-D skyrmion. The imaging method produces three regions where the spins point up (right), horizontally (center), and down (left). In the actual experiment, there is only a single condensate which contains all these different regions. Brighter color denotes a higher particle density.

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Tuomas Ollikainen

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