Solitary waves in clouds of Bose-Einstein condensed atoms
- 1 September 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 58 (3) , 2417-2422
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.58.2417
Abstract
We consider the conditions under which solitary waves can exist in elongated clouds of Bose-Einstein condensed atoms. General expressions are derived for the velocity, characteristic size, and spatial profile of solitary waves, and the low- and high-density limits are examined.Keywords
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