Wave functions, relative phase and interference for atomic Bose-Einstein condensatess

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Series IV: Physics, Astrophysics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 445-477

  Cohen Tannoudji, Claude ^a   Robilliard, Cécile ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Atomic interactions; Bogolubov theory; Bose Einstein condensates; Coherence properties; Condensats de Bose Einstein; Gross Pitaevskii equation; Matter waves; Ondes de mati re; Propri t s de coh rence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038644766     PISSN: 12962147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2147(01)01184-2     Document Type: Article

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