Finite-temperature collapse of a Bose gas with attractive interactions

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 053605-053601

  Mueller, Erich J ^a   Baym, Gordon ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; GAS DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATTRACTIVE INTERACTIONS; BOSE GAS; MECHANICAL STABILITY;

KINETIC THEORY OF GASES;

EID: 0343474679     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.053605     Document Type: Article

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