Condensation of N bosons and the laser phase transition analogy Academic Article

abstract

• A simple analytic expression for the ground state of a dilute gas of N ideal bosons in a 3D harmonic potential at temperature T is derived from the steady state solutions of nonequilibrium equations of motion. The N particle constraint plays the important role of introducing the essential nonlinearity yielding a Ginzburg-Landau free energy. The present analysis has much in common with the quantum theory of the laser, and with the laser phase transition analogy. 1999 The American Physical Society.

authors

• Scully, Marlan

published proceedings

• PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

author list (cited authors)

• Scully, M. O.

citation count

• 78

complete list of authors

• Scully, MO

publication date

• May 1999

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review Letters  Journal

keywords

• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5102 Atomic, Molecular And Optical Physics
• 5108 Quantum Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.3927

start page

• 3927

end page

• 3931

volume

• 82

issue

• 20

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.82.3927