Depletion in Bose-Einstein condensates using quantum field theory in curved space

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Balbinot, Roberto ^a   Fagnocchi, Serena ^a,b   Fabbri, Alessandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MUSEO STORICO DELLA FISICA E CENTRO STUDI E RICERCHE ENRICO FERMI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; CURVED SPACE; HYDRODYNAMICAL APPROXIMATION; NONVANISHING VELOCITY;

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION;

EID: 34247866282     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.043622     Document Type: Article

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