Barnett, RyanTurner, AriDemler, Eugene2016-08-242007Barnett, Ryan, Ari Turner, and Eugene Demler. 2007. “ Classifying Vortices in S = 3 Bose-Einstein Condensates .” Physical Review A 76 (1) (July 3). doi:10.1103/physreva.76.013605.1050-2947http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27891679Motivated by the recent realization of a 52Cr Bose-Einstein condensate, we consider the phase diagram of a general spin-three condensate as a function of its scattering lengths. We classify each phase according to its reciprocal spinor, using a method developed in a previous work. We show that such a classification can be naturally extended to describe the vortices for a spinor condensate by using the topological theory of defects. To illustrate, we systematically describe the types of vortex excitations for each phase of the spin-three condensate.en-USJournal Article2016-08-2410.1103/PhysRevA.76.013605