Bose-Einstein condensation of atomic gases in a general harmonic-oscillator confining potential trap.

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  • Kirsten
  • Toms
چکیده

Abstract: We present an analysis of Bose-Einstein condensation for a system of noninteracting spin-0 particles in a harmonic oscillator confining potential trap. We discuss why a confined system of particles differs both qualitatively and quantitatively from an identical system which is not confined. One crucial difference is that a confined system is not characterized by a critical temperature in the same way as an unconfined system such as the free boson gas. We present the results of both a numerical and analytic analysis of the problem of Bose-Einstein condensation in a general anisotropic harmonic oscillator confining potential.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics

دوره 54 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1996