Strong-coupling polarons in dilute gas Bose-Einstein condensates

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Cucchietti, F M ^a   Timmermans, E ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND STATE; IMPURITIES; QUANTUM THEORY;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; IMPURITY DISTORTS; SELF-LOCALIZATION; SELF-TRAPPING POTENTIAL;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES;

EID: 33744812437     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.210401     Document Type: Article

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