Bose-Einstein condensates in the presence of a magnetic trap and optical lattice: Two-mode approximation

Nonlinearity

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2491-2512

  Kapitula, Todd ^a   Kevrekidis, P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 26944495278     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/18/6/005     Document Type: Article

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