Quantized vortex dynamics and interaction patterns in superconductivity based on the reduced dynamical law

Abstract

We study analytically and numerically stability and interaction patterns of quantized vortex lattices governed by the reduced dynamical law -- a system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) -- in superconductivity. By deriving several non-autonomous first integrals of the ODEs, we obtain qualitatively dynamical properties of a cluster of quantized vortices, including global existence, finite time collision, equilibrium solution and invariant solution manifolds. For a vortex lattice with 3 vortices, we establish orbital stability when they have the same winding number and find different collision patterns when they have different winding numbers. In addition, under several special initial setups, we can obtain analytical solutions for the nonlinear ODEs.