Vortex formation by merging of multiple trapped bose-einstein condensates

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Scherer, David R ^a   Weiler, Chad N ^a   Neely, Tyler W ^a   Anderson, Brian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HARMONIC GENERATION; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

HARMONIC POTENTIAL WELL; HIGH ENERGY BARRIERS; VORTEX FORMATION;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION;

EID: 33947251725     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.110402     Document Type: Article

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