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1 online resource |
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Oxford science publications |
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International series of monographs on physics ; 164 |
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Oxford science publications.
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International series of monographs on physics (Oxford, England) ; 164.
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| Contents |
Cover; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; Part I ; 2 Long-range Order, Symmetry Breaking, and Order Parameter; 2.1 One-body density matrix and long-range order; 2.2 Order parameter; 3 The Ideal Bose Gas; 3.1 The ideal Bose gas in the grand canonical ensemble; 3.2 The ideal Bose gas in the box; 3.3 Fluctuations and two-body density; 4 Weakly Interacting Bose Gas; 4.1 Lowest-order approximation: ground state energy and equation of state; 4.2 Higher-order approximation: excitation spectrum and quantum fluctuations; 4.3 Particles and elementary excitations |
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5 Nonuniform Bose Gases at Zero Temperature5.1 The Gross-Pitaevskii equation; 5.2 Thomas-Fermi limit; 5.3 Vortex line in the weakly interacting Bose gas; 5.4 Vortex rings; 5.5 Solitons; 5.6 Small-amplitude oscillations; 6 Superfluidity; 6.1 Landau's criterion of superfluidity; 6.2 Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity; 6.3 Hydrodynamic theory of superfluids: zero temperature; 6.4 Quantum hydrodynamics; 6.5 Beliaev decay of phonons; 6.6 Two-fluid hydrodynamics: first and second sound; 6.7 Fluctuations of the phase; 6.8 Rotation of superfluids; 7 Linear Response Function |
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7.1 Dynamic structure factor and sum rules7.2 Density response function; 7.3 Current response function; 7.4 General inequalities; 7.5 Response function of the ideal Bose gas; 7.6 Response function of the weakly interacting Bose gas; 8 Superfluid 4He; 8.1 Elementary excitations and dynamic structure factor; 8.2 Thermodynamic properties; 8.3 Quantized vortices; 8.4 Momentum distribution and Bose-Einstein condensation; 9 Atomic Gases: Collisions and Trapping; 9.1 Metastability and the role of collisions; 9.2 Low-energy collisions and scattering length; 9.3 Low-energy collisions in two dimensions |
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9.4 Zeeman effect and magnetic trapping9.5 Interaction with the radiation field and optical traps; Part II ; 10 The Ideal Bose Gas in the Harmonic Trap; 10.1 Condensate fraction and critical temperature; 10.2 Density of single-particle states and thermodynamics; 10.3 Density and momentum distribution; 10.4 Thermodynamic limit; 10.5 Release of the trap and expansion of the gas; 10.6 Bose-Einstein condensation in deformed traps; 10.7 Adiabatic formation of BEC with non-harmonic traps; 11 Ground State of a Trapped Condensate; 11.1 An instructive example: the box potential |
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11.2 Interacting condensates in harmonic traps: density and momentum distribution11.3 Energy, chemical potential, and virial theorem; 11.4 Finite-size corrections to the Thomas-Fermi limit; 11.5 Beyond-mean-field corrections; 11.6 Attractive forces; 12 Dynamics of a Trapped Condensate; 12.1 Collective oscillations; 12.2 Repulsive forces and the Thomas-Fermi limit; 12.3 Sum rule approach: from repulsive to attractive forces; 12.4 Finite-size corrections to the Thomas-Fermi limit; 12.5 Beyond-mean-field corrections; 12.6 Large-amplitude oscillations; 12.7 Expansion of the condensate |
| Summary |
Ultracold atomic gases is a rapidly developing field of physics that attracts many young researchers around the world. This book gives a comprehensive overview of exciting developments in Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity from a theoretical perspective and makes sense of key experiments with a special focus on ultracold atomic gases |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 28, 2016) |
| Subject |
Bose-Einstein condensation.
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Superfluidity.
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SCIENCE -- Energy.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- General.
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Bose-Einstein condensation
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Superfluidity
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stringari, S., author.
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| ISBN |
9780191076688 |
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0191076686 |
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9780191818721 |
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0191818720 |
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