Vortex rings and mutual drag in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 4882-4885

  Jackson, B ^a   McCann, J F ^a   Adams, C S ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000559255     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.4882     Document Type: Article

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