Vortex rings for the Gross-Pitaevskii equation (Q1432718)

Summary: We provide a mathematical proof of the existence of traveling vortex ring solutions to the Gross-Pitaevskiĭ(GP) equation in dimension \(N\geq 3\). We also extend the asymptotic analysis of the free field Ginzburg-Landau equation to a larger class of equations, including the Ginzburg-Landau equation for superconductivity as well as the traveling wave equation for GP. In particular, we rigorously derive a curvature equation for the concentration set (i.e., line vortices if \(N=3\)).