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Summary: FORMATION, DYNAMICS, AND DECAY OF QUANTIZED
VORTICES IN BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES: ELEMENTS
OF QUANTUM TURBULENCE
by
Tyler William Neely
A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the
COLLEGE OF OPTICAL SCIENCES
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
For the Degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
In the Graduate College
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
2010
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
GRADUATE COLLEGE
As members of the Dissertation Committee, we certify that we have read the dis-
sertation prepared by Tyler William Neely
entitled Formation, Dynamics, and Decay of Quantized Vortices in Bose-Einstein
Condensates: Elements of Quantum Turbulence
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