Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
1997-11-30
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
3 figures submitted to Physical Review A
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.58.536
We extend quantum kinetic theory to deal with a strongly Bose-condensed atomic vapor in a trap. The method assumes that the majority of the vapor is not condensed, and acts as a bath of heat and atoms for the condensate. The condensate is described by the particle number conserving Bogoliubov method developed by one of the authors. We derive equations which describe the fluctuations of particle number and phase, and the growth of the Bose-Einstein condensate. The equilibrium state of the condensate is a mixture of states with different numbers of particles and quasiparticles. It is not a quantum superposition of states with different numbers of particles---nevertheless, the stationary state exhibits the property of off-diagonal long range order, to the extent that this concept makes sense in a tightly trapped condensate.
Gardiner C. W.
Zoller Peter
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