Approximate solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation for ground and excited states of Bose-Einstein condensates

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 545-552

  Dodd, R J ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Natl Inst of Std and Technology

Author keywords

Bose Einstein condensation; Ginzburg Pitaevskii Gross energy functional; Gross Pitaevskii equation; Mean field theory; Superfluidity; Thomas Fermi functional model; Time independent nonlinear Schr dinger equation; Variational wave function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001308050     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.101.054     Document Type: Article

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