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ESI Special Topics, June
2005
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#1 Paper of the Top
20 Papers in Superfluids
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| Title: |
Theory of Bose-Einstein condensation in trapped gases
 Read an INTERVIEW with Franco Dalfovo, Stefano Giorgini, Lev P. Pitaevskii, and Sandro Stringari discussing this paper and
Bose-Einstein Condensates.
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| Authors: |
Dalfovo F, Giorgini S, Pitaevskii LP, Stringari S |
| Source: |
REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS 71 (3): 463-512 APR 1999 |
| Document
Type: |
Review |
Language: |
English |
| Cited
References: |
261 |
Times
Cited: |
1263 |
| Abstract: |
The phenomenon of
Bose-Einstein condensation of dilute gases in traps
is reviewed from a theoretical perspective. Mean-field theory provides a
framework to understand the main features of the condensation and the role of
interactions between particles. Various properties of these systems are
discussed, including the density profiles and the energy of the ground-state
configurations, the collective oscillations and the dynamics of the expansion,
the condensate fraction and the thermodynamic functions. The thermodynamic limit
exhibits a scaling behavior in the relevant length and energy scales. Despite
the dilute nature of the gases, interactions profoundly modify the static as
well as the dynamic properties of the system; the predictions of mean-field
theory are in excellent agreement with available experimental results. Effects
of superfluidity including the existence of quantized vortices and the reduction
of the moment of inertia are discussed, as well as the consequences of coherence
such as the Josephson effect and interference phenomena. The review also
assesses the accuracy and limitations of the mean-field approach.
[S0034-6861(99)00103-8]. |
| Keywords
Plus: |
LOW-ENERGY EXCITATIONS; NONLINEAR
SCHRODINGER-EQUATION;
THOMAS-FERMI APPROXIMATION; NEGATIVE SCATTERING LENGTH; TIME-DEPENDENT TRAPS;
HARTREE-FOCK THEORY; COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS; GROUND-STATE; HARMONIC TRAP;
MAGNETIC TRAP |
| Addresses: |
Dalfovo F (reprint author), Univ Trent, Dipartimento
Fis, Povo,
I-38050 Italy
Univ Trent, Dipartimento Fis, Povo, I-38050 Italy
Ist Nazl Fis Mat, Povo, I-38050 Italy
Technion Israel Inst Technol, Dept Phys, Haifa, IL-32000 Israel
Kapitza Inst Phys Problems, Moscow, 117334 Russia
Publisher: AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844
USA |
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N/A |
Subject
Category: |
PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY |
| IDS
Number: |
191YU |
ISSN: |
0034-6861 |
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