Kinetic theory of collective modes in atomic clouds above the Bose-Einstein transition temperature

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Al Khawaja, U
Pethick, CJ
Smith, H
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[1] HC Orsted Inst, Orsted Lab, DK-2100 Copenhagen 0, Denmark
[2] NORDITA, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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10.1023/A:1004686705462
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We calculate frequencies and damping rates of the lowest collective modes of a dilute Bose gas confined in an anisotropic trapping potential above the Bose-Einstein transition temperature. From the Boltzmann equation with a simplified collision integral we derive a general dispersion relation that interpolates between the collisionless and hydrodynamic regimes. In the ease of axially symmetric traps we obtain explicit expressions for the frequencies and damping rates of the lowest modes in terms of a phenomenological collision time. Our results are compared with microscopic calculations ann with experiment.
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