Evolution of Spin Textures in a Spinor Bose Einstein Condensate

We study the evolution of spin textures in a F=1 spinor Bose Einstein condensate of $^{87}$Rb atoms. We do so by allowing the magnetization profile of the condensate to evolve in an inhomogeneous magnetic field. Utilizing in-situ magnetization sensitive imaging, we spatially and temporally resolve the resulting vector magnetization profile. These experiments are performed at low quadratic Zeeman shift where a $^{87}$Rb condensate is known to be ferromagnetic.