Stable Skyrmions in Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 4-

  Battye, Richard A ^a   Cooper, N R ^b   Sutcliffe, Paul M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84902181038     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.080401     Document Type: Article

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