VORTICES IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL ROTATING BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES
We report on an analytical approach to deduce the critical angular velocities for the appearance of a finite number of vortices and their degrees in rotating 2D Bose-Einstein condensates in the Thomas-Fermi regime of large coupling strength between the particles. Moreover, we derive the distribution of vortices in the condensate i.e. the vortex pattern.