Three-dimensional solitons and vortices in dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates

Three-dimensional solitary and vortex structures in Bose-Einstein condensates are studied in the framework of Gross-Pitaevskii model including the simultaneous action of local cubic-quintic nonlinearity and nonlocal dipole-dipole interactions. Nonlocal interactions are shown to change significantly the formation threshold and the numbers of atoms confined into the coherent structures. An appearance of robust high-order (m = 2) three-dimensional vortices is revealed. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.