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arXiv:1203.4762 · Progress in optical science and photonics

Existence, Stability and Nonlinear Dynamics of Vortices and Vortex Clusters in Anisotropic Bose-Einstein Condensates

Jan Stockhofe, P. G. Kevrekidis, Peter Schmelcher

Published Jan 1, 2012• 6 citations
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10.1007/10091_2012_10

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