A generalized-Laguerre-Hermite pseudospectral method for computing symmetric and central vortex states in Bose-Einstein condensates

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 9778-9793

  Bao, Weizhu ^a   Shen, Jie ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bose Einstein condensate; Central vortex state; Generalized Laguerre Hermite functions; Normalized gradient flow; Symmetric state

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; VORTEX FLOW;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; CENTRAL VORTEX STATE; GENERALIZED-LAGUERRE-HERMITE FUNCTION; GRADIENT FLOW; HERMITE FUNCTIONS; LAGUERRE; NORMALIZED GRADIENT; NORMALIZED GRADIENT FLOW; SYMMETRIC STATE; VORTEX STATE;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 53349147032     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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