Rigorous derivation of the hydrodynamical equations for rotating superfluids

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 689-706

  Liu, Hailiang ^a   Sparber, Christof ^b,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Vienna University   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bose Einstein condensates; Nonlinear Schr dinger equation; Rotational superfluids; Semiclassical asympotics; Thomas Fermi limit

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SCHRODINGER EQUATION; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; ROTATIONAL SUPERFLUIDS; SEMICLASSICAL ASYMPOTICS; THOMAS-FERMI LIMIT;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 44349088142     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202508002826     Document Type: Article

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