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soliton
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soliton (sōˑ·l·tôn),
n a type of highly coherent wave that does not readily disperse. These solitary waves are sometimes used to explain the effects of energy medicine.
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473 QC174 The Gross-Pitaevskii equation is a model for phenomena such as the Bose-Einstein condensation of ultra cold atomic gases, or the dark solitons of nonlinear optics.
Stationary and time dependent Gross-Pitaevskii equations; proceedings by SciTech Book News
During the last few decades, solitons have been a subject of intense study in almost all areas of physics such as Bose-Einstein condensates, nonlinear optics, plasma physics, and hydrodynamics.
Physics and Mathematics paper abstracts by Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
1 Introduction Solitons are dissipationless waves whose theory and applications prevail in fields such as quantum physics, atmospherics, oceanography, cellular automata, and biophysical systems.
Dissipationless waves for information transfer in neurobiology--some ... by Georgiev, Danko D.; Glazebrook, James F. / Informatica
 
 
 
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