Abstract
We prove that nonlocality of the nonlinear response means that collapse cannot occur in Bose-Einstein condensates and optical Kerr media in all physical dimensions. The nonlocal nonlinear response is symmetric, but of arbitrary shape.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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