Dynamics of a matter-wave bright soliton in an expulsive potential

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 636021-6360210

  Carr, L D ^a   Castin, Y ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INTEGRATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SCATTERING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

HARMONIC POTENTIAL;

SOLITONS;

EID: 0036991931     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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