Non-existence of vortices in the small density region of a condensate

Journal of Functional Analysis

Volumn 260, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2387-2406

  Aftalion, Amandine ^a   Jerrard, Robert L ^b   Royo Letelier, Jimena ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE VERSAILLES SAINT QUENTIN EN YVELINES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Bose Einstein condensates; Ground state; Jacobian estimates; Radial symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551481681     PISSN: 00221236     EISSN: 10960783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfa.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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