Matter waves in anharmonic periodic potentials
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Tristram J. Alexander, Mario Salerno, Elena A. Ostrovskaya, and Yuri S. Kivshar Nonlinear Physics Center and ARC Center of Excellence for Quantum-Atom Optics, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia Dipartimento di Fisica, “E.R. Cainiello” Università di Salerno, I-84081 Baronissi (SA), Italy Received 16 November 2007; published 4 April 2008
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