Do bosons condense in a homogeneous magnetic field?

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 1545-1578

  Briet, Philippe ^a   Cornean, Horia D ^b   Zagrebnov, Valentin A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Bose Einstein Condensation; Landau Levels; Magnetic Field; Perfect Imperfect Bose Gas; Periodic External Potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844439085     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOSS.0000041748.02351.07     Document Type: Article

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