Vortex lattices in rotating atomic bose gases with dipolar interactions
11 November 2005
We show that dipolar interactions have dramatic effects on the ground states of rotating atomic Bose gases in the weak-interaction limit. With increasing dipolar interaction (relative to the net contact interaction), the mean field, or high filling factor, ground state undergoes a series of transitions between vortex lattices of different symmetries: triangular, square, ``stripe,{''} and ``bubble{''} phases. We also study the effects of dipolar interactions on the quantum fluids at low filling factors. We show that the incompressible Laughlin state at filling factor nu=1/2 is replaced by compressible stripe and bubble phases.