The loop-gas approach to Bose-Einstein condensation for trapped particles

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 120-128

  Mullin, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 0034396542     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19383     Document Type: Article

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