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We present results on the size, density, chemical potential, and lifetime of a Bose-Einstein condensate as a function of the number of condensate atoms for parameters appropriate to the time-averaged orbiting potential trap in which a Bose condensate of ^87Rb atoms was recently formed M. H. Anderson et al. , Science 269, 198 (1995). These results were obtained by solving the time-independent nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with anisotropic harmonic trapping potential. We also find vortex solutions for the trap and the critical rotation frequency required for their formation.
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