The critical velocity for vortex existence in a two-dimensional rotating Bose-Einstein condensate

Journal of Functional Analysis

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 260-306

  Ignat, Radu ^a   Millot, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Bose Einstein condensate; Vortices

Indexed keywords

EID: 32544460861     PISSN: 00221236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfa.2005.06.020     Document Type: Article

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