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arXiv:cond-mat/0401234 · Laser Physics Letters

Stratification of moving multicomponent Bose-Einstein condensates

Vyacheslav I. Yukalov, Elizaveta P. Yukalova

Published Dec 17, 2003• 33 citations
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Abstract

A mixture of the multicomponent Bose-Einstein condensate is considered, where each component moves with its own velocity. As a result of the relative motion, the mixture stratifies when the relative velocity reaches a critical value. Stability conditions for a binary moving mixture are derived and the critical velocity is found.
DOI
10.1002/lapl.200310012

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