The Transition to a Giant Vortex Phase in a Fast Rotating Bose-Einstein Condensate

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 303, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 451-508

  Correggi, M ^a   Rougerie, N ^b   Yngvason, J ^c,d  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c Erwin Schrodinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 79953058610     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-011-1202-4     Document Type: Article

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