Bound states of nonlinear Schrödinger equations with a periodic nonlinear microstructure

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-57

  Fibich, G ^a   Sivan, Y ^a   Weinstein, M I ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bose Einstein Condensation (BEC); Collapse; Homogenization; Instability; Microstructure; Nonlinear waves; Periodic potential; Solitary waves

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS CONDENSATES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION (BEC); COLLAPSE; HOMOGENIZATION; NONLINEAR WAVES; PERIODIC POTENTIAL; SOLITARY WAVES;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 33748105488     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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