Segregation and symmetry breaking of strongly coupled two-component Bose-Einstein condensates in a harmonic trap

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 103-124

  Royo Letelier, Jimena ^a  

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

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EID: 84891903473     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00526-012-0571-7     Document Type: Article

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