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

被引:122
作者
Kirsten, K [1 ]
Toms, DJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, DEPT PHYS, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE NE1 7RU, TYNE & WEAR, ENGLAND
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1996年 / 54卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.54.4188
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
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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页码:4188 / 4203
页数:16
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