Desyatnikov, Anton SBuccoliero, DanielDennis, Mark RKivshar, Yuri2015-12-100031-9007http://hdl.handle.net/1885/54321We reveal that orbital angular momentum can suppress catastrophic self-focusing in nonlinear Kerr media supporting stable spiraling solitons with an elliptic cross section. We discuss the necessary requirements for observation of this effect with coherent optical and matter waves.Keywords: Elliptic cross-sections; Matter waves; Nonlinear kerr media; Orbital angular momentum; Self-focusing; Solitons201010.1103/PhysRevLett.104.0539022016-02-24