Contents
Abstract ii
Acknowledgments iii
List of Figures vii
List of Tables viii
1 Introduction 1
2 Numerical Studies Of Dipolar Condensates With Split-Step Fourier Method 4
2.1 Introduction to split-step Fourier method................... 5
2.1.1 Split-step scheme........................... 5
2.1.2 SolvingGross-Pitaevskiiequationinimaginarytime........ 7
2.2 Application to Dipolar Bose-Einstein Condensates ............. 8
2.2.1 Dipolarcondensatesrtheoreticalformalism.............. 8
2.2.2 A numerical example......................... 11