Bose-Einstein condensation in an external potential

Abstract

We present theoretical results for the critical temperature for Bose-Einstein condensation, condensate fraction, and heat capacity of a gas of Bose particles that are confined by a generic power-law potential trap. All three of these quantities are found to vary markedly with the shape of the potential. Both the ideal and the weakly interacting Bose gas are considered.

Keywords

Bose gasBose–Einstein condensateCondensationPhysicsTrap (plumbing)Ideal (ethics)Fraction (chemistry)Ideal gasCondensed matter physicsQuantum electrodynamicsQuantum mechanicsThermodynamicsChemistryLaw

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology US

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Year: 1987
Type: article
Volume: 35
Issue: 10
Pages: 4354-4358
Citations: 423
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                                    Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato, 
                                
                                    David E. Pritchard, 
                                
                                    Daniel Kleppner
                                
                            (1987). 
                            Bose-Einstein condensation in an external potential. 
                            Physical review. A, General physics
                            , 35
                            (10)
                            , 4354-4358.
                            https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.35.4354

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DOI: 10.1103/physreva.35.4354