Vortex interaction dynamics in trapped bose-einstein condensates

Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1589-1615

  Torres, Pedro J ^a   Carretero Gonzalez R ^b   Middelkamp, S ^c   Schmelcher, P ^c   Frantzeskakis, D J ^d   Kevrekidis, P G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bose einstein condensates; Vortex dipoles; Vortices

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155196397     PISSN: 15340392     EISSN: 15535258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/cpaa.2011.10.1589     Document Type: Article

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