Bose - Einstein Condensation of Dilute Gases in Traps

Bose-Einstein Condensation in Dilute Atomic Gases

The material presented here consists of lecture notes written for a five two-hour sections course given during the 2004 edition of the Brazilian School on Statistical Mechanics. The topics covered are 1. Bose-Einstein condensation of trapped ideal gases; 2. Effective two-body interactions and exact results in the Gross-Pitaevski limit; 3. Atomic structure effects, including “Feshbach resonances...

Bose - Einstein condensation in dilute atomic gases 1

We summarize all experimental studies of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in dilute atomic gases reported thus far and discuss the experimental techniques used to produce, manipulate and observe nanokelvin samples of atoms.

Bose–Einstein Condensation in Dilute Gases

Se p 20 01 Bose - Einstein Condensation of Trapped Atomic Gases

This article reviews recent investigations on the phenomenon of Bose-Einstein condensation of dilute gases. Since the experimental observation of quantum degeneracy in atomic gases, the research activity in the field of coherent matter-waves literally exploded. The present topical review aims to give an introduction into the thermodynamics of Bose-Einstein condensation, a general overview over ...

Principal problems in Bose-Einstein condensation of dilute gases

A survey is given of the present state of the art in studying Bose-Einstein condensation of dilute atomic gases. The bulk of attention is focused on the principal theoretical problems, though the related experiments are also mentioned. Both uniform and nonuniform trapped gases are considered. Existing theoretical contradictions are critically analysed. A correct understanding of the principal t...