Bose-Einstein condensation at constant temperature

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Erhard, M ^a   Schmaljohann, H ^a   Kronjager J ^a   Bongs, K ^a   Sengstock, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; COOLING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REACTION KINETICS; RUBIDIUM; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES (BEC); QUANTUM DEGENERACY; QUANTUM GASES; SPIN DYNAMICS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 19644400716     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.031602     Document Type: Article

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