Topological interface engineering and defect crossing in ultracold atomic gases

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Borgh, Magnus O ^a   Ruostekoski, Janne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; COHERENT INTERFACE; INTERACTION STRENGTH; INTERFACE ENGINEERING; MANY-PARTICLE STATE; SPIN STRUCTURES; TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; ULTRACOLD ATOMIC GAS;

DEFECTS; STEAM CONDENSERS;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84863469855     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.015302     Document Type: Article

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