Persistent currents in a bosonic mixture in the ring geometry

K. Anoshkin, Z. Wu, and E. Zaremba

Phys. Rev. A 88, 013609 – Published 8 July 2013

Abstract

In this paper we analyze the possibility of persistent currents of a two-species bosonic mixture in the one-dimensional ring geometry. We extend the arguments used by F. Bloch [Phys. Rev. A 7, 2187 (1973)] to obtain a criterion for the stability of persistent currents for the two-species system. If the mass ratio of the two species is a rational number, persistent currents can be stable at multiples of a certain total angular momenta. We show that the Bloch criterion can also be viewed as a Landau criterion involving the elementary excitations of the system. Our analysis reveals that persistent currents at higher angular momenta are more stable for the two-species system than previously thought.