The nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a random potential: Results and puzzles

Nonlinearity

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Fishman, Shmuel ^a   Krivolapov, Yevgeny ^a   Soffer, Avy ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859029851     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: 13616544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/25/4/R53     Document Type: Article

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