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Oblique dark solitons in supersonic flow of a Bose-Einstein condensate

Pattern Formation and Solitons 2007-05-23 v2 Soft Condensed Matter

Abstract

In the framework of the Gross-Pitaevskii mean field approach it is shown that the supersonic flow of a Bose-Einstein condensate can support a new type of pattern--an oblique dark soliton. The corresponding exact solution of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation is obtained. It is demonstrated by numerical simulations that oblique solitons can be generated by an obstacle inserted into the flow.

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@article{arxiv.nlin/0604044,
  title  = {Oblique dark solitons in supersonic flow of a Bose-Einstein condensate},
  author = {G. A. El and A. Gammal and A. M. Kamchatnov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0604044},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures