The authors of this textbook explain this exciting newsubjectintermsofbasicphysicalprinciples,withoutassumingdetailed knowledge of anyof these. Hello select your address best sellers todays deals new releases customer service gift ideas books gift cards electronics home computers sell. In 1925 einstein predicted that at low temperatures particles in a gas could all reside in the same quantum state. Pdf boseeinstein condensation in dilute gases pethick. The ndimensional order parameter can be a scalar like the density for the liquid gas transition, a vector as in the above examples or a tensor. An introduction to the physics of ultracold atomic gases. Bose einstein condensates becs are superfluid systems consisting of bosonic atoms that have been cooled and condensed into a single, macroscopic ground state fetter, 2009.
Modern atomic physics hydrogen and hydrogenlike atoms. It is an excellent text, a broad survey with some in. Images of a boseeinstein condensate in position and momentum space article in laser physics 1612. The atomic cloud is initially confined in a threedimensional asymmetric harmonic trap. Phys 571 outline physics and astronomy rice university. Since an atomic boseeinstein condensate, predicted by einstein in 1925, was first produced in the laboratory in 1995, the study of ultracold bose and fermi gases has become one of the most active areas in contemporary physics. Boseeinstein condensation bec is a phenomenon that occurs in a macroscopic system of bosons particles obeying bose einstein statistics at low temperatures. Smith, henrik bookplateleaf 0002 boxid ia1636412 camera sony alphaa6300 control.
Bose einstein condensation in dilute gases pethick c j, smith h. Pethick and smith provide a unified introduction to the physics of ultracold atomic bose and fermi gases for students, experimentalists and theorists alike. Boseeinstein condensation and long range order international school of physics enrico fermi varenna. Under such conditions, a large fraction of bosons occupy the lowest quantum state, at which point microscopic quantum phenomena, particularly wavefunction interference. The hardcover of the boseeinstein condensation in dilute gases by c. We all are familiar with the statement that in dimensions d. Bose einstein condensation in dilute gases will be useful to newcomers to the field and will help researchers with diverse backgrounds communicate with each other. Click download or read online button to get bose einstein condensation in dilute gases book now. Pethick and smith s book is written more or less explicitly as an introductory text for graduate students. Shop for bose einstein condensation in dilute gases 2nd revised edition from whsmith.
This gaseous state, a bose einstein condensate, was produced in the laboratory for the first time in 1995 and investigating such condensates has become one of the most active areas in contemporary physics. Bose einstein condensation in dilute gases by pethick, christopher. Pethick and henrik smith focus on the subjects fundamentals and basic phenomenology. Smith in 1925 einstein predicted that at low temperatures particles in a gas could all reside in the same quantum state. The results of the quantum harmonic oscillator can be used to look at the equilibrium situation for a quantum ideal gas in a harmonic trap, which is a harmonic potential containing a large number of particles that do not interact with each. A perturbative analysis of modulated amplitude waves in.
Smith pethick and smith provide a unified introduction to the physics of ultracold atomic bose and fermi gases for students, experimentalists and theorists alike. Weizhu bao and yongjun yuan modeling and simulation for quantum condensation, fluids and information 1811201922112019, ims, nus, singapore. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Boseeinstein condensation in dilute gases by pethick, c. Stringari, bose einstein condensation, oxford university press, oxford 2003. Download pdf bose einstein condensation in dilute gases.
Density matrix and optical bloch equations, dressed states, 3level systems, autlertownes effect, dark states, laser. Boseeinstein condensation in dilute gases will be useful to newcomers to the field and will help researchers with diverse backgrounds communicate with each other. Stringari boseeinstein condensation, oxford university press 2003 systematically employed in this course. Henrik smith since an atomic bose einstein condensate, predicted by einstein in 1925, was first produced in the laboratory in 1995, the study of ultracold bose and fermi gases has become one of the most active. Bose einstein condensation in dilute gases download. Press, 2001 by christopher pethick and henrik smith, whose content overlaps pitaevskii and stringaris book substantially. Since an atomic bose einstein condensate, predicted by einstein in 1925, was first produced in the laboratory in 1995, the study of ultracold bose and fermi gases has become one of the most active areas in contemporary physics.
Pethick and smith, bose einstein condensation in dilute gases, cambridge, 2002. In this work, we analyze the free expansion of bose einstein condensates containing multicharged vortices. Foot, atomic physics, oxford, 2005, chapter 10 and appendix f. Wieman 1995 produced the rst gaseous condensate nobel price of physics 2001 about boseeinstein condensation bec history of bec 4 28 c stefan kienzle.
Boseeinstein condensation in dilute gases ebook, 2002. The bose gas is the most simple quantitative model that explains this phase transition. The slowing of atoms by use of cooling apparatuses produces a singular quantum state known as a bose condensate or bose einstein condensate. Henrik smith in 1925 einstein predicted that at low temperatures particles in a gas could all reside in the same quantum state. Bose einstein condensation is an exotic quantum phenomenon that was observed in dilute atomic gases for the first time in 1995, and is now the subject of intense theoretical and experimental study. Smith, bose einstein condensation in dilute gases 2002, where the grosspitaevskii equation is used to derive the spectrum of bogolyubov excitations pp. Atomic physics provides the basic methods for creating and manipulating these systems, and the physical data required to characterize them. The most obvious comparison of the book is with the earlier boseeinstein condensation in dilute gases cambridge u. The authors clear writing style and balanced choice of topics will appeal to a diverse audience. This gaseous state, a boseeinstein condensate, was produced in the laboratory for the first time in 1995 and investigating such condensates is one of the most active areas in contemporary physics. Einstein 192425 extended bose s idea to material particles predicted bec in an ideal quantum gas i w.
This gaseous state, a boseeinstein condensate, was produced in the laboratory for the first time in 1995 and investigating such condensates has become one of the most active areas in contemporary physics. Computing ground states of spin2 bose einstein condensates by the normalized gradient ow qinglin tang school of mathematics, sichuan university, china joint work with. Description of the book boseeinstein condensation in dilute gases. Tunability of interaction non uniform nature of the confinement harmonic, periodic. Bose einstein condensation in dilute gases download bose einstein condensation in dilute gases ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. In boseeinstein condensation in dilute gases, christopher j. Boseeinstein condensation in dilute gases 2nd revised. Bose einstein condensation in dilute gases pethick c j. Rogelsalazar and others published bose einstein condensation in dilute gases, 2nd ed. The data obtained provide a way to establish the presence as well as the multiplicity of.
The choice of the order parameter is not at all obvious, but has to be made afresh for every new system. This book explains the phenomena in ultracold gases from basic principles, without assuming a detailed knowledge of atomic, condensed matter, and nuclear physics. This would, of course, happen for a system of distinguishable, noninteracting particles at zero. Click download or read online button to bose einstein condensation in dilute gases book pdf for free now. This gaseous state, a bose einstein condensate, was produced in the laboratory for. Smith, bose einstein condensation in dilute gases, cambridge university press, cambridge 2002. A bose einstein condensate bec is a state of matter also called the fifth state of matter which is typically formed when a gas of bosons at low densities is cooled to temperatures very close to absolute zero 273. This gaseous state, a bose einstein condensate, was produced in the laboratory for the first time in 1995 and investigating such condensates is one of the most active areas in contemporary physics.
The studyof bose einstein condensates in dilute gases encompasses a numberofdi. Images of a boseeinstein condensate in position and. Mainly when a gas of bosons is cooled down, it forms a bose einstein condensate, a state where a large number of bosons occupy the lowest energy, the ground state, and quantum effects are macroscopically visible like wave interference. We apply both approximate variational solutions and numerical simulations of the grosspitaevskii equation. Perioddoubled blochstates ina boseeinstein condensate. Bose einstein condensation in dilute gases is an excellent and muchneeded text of the theory of these condensates although progress continues at a cracking pace, there is now a set of basic notions that it is sensible to teach postgraduates, including the way that condensates are made and their physical properties as macroscopic quantum systems.
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