Free expansion of Bose-Einstein condensates with quantized vortices

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 5-

  Dalfovo, Franco ^a   Modugno, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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EID: 85035280754     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.61.023605     Document Type: Article

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