Buch, Englisch, Band 116, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 754 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 116, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 754 g
Reihe: International Series of Monographs on Physics
ISBN: 978-0-19-850719-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
The book is an introductory text to the physics of Bose-Einstein condensation. This phenomenon, first predicted by Einstein in 1925, has been realized experimentally in 1995 in a remarkable series of experiments whose importance has been recognized by the award of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics. The condensate is actually a new state of matter, where quantum-mechanical wave functions of atoms behave as coherent matter waves in the same way as coherent light waves in
the case of a laser. The authors provide a theoretical presentation of the main concepts underlying the physics of dilute atomic gases in conditions of extremely low temperatures where quantum effects play a crucial role. The main effort is devoted to discussion of the relevant theoretical aspects
exhibited by these systems, such as the concept of order parameter, long range order, superfluidity and coherence. The mathematical formalism is presented in a form convenient for practical use. The book develops the theory of Bose gases starting from the pioneering Bogoliubov approach and gives special emphasis to the new physical features exhibited by non-uniform gases which are produced in the recent experiments with magnetic and optical traps. These features include the determination of the
equilibrium profiles, the collective oscillations, the mechanism of the expansion of the gas after releasing the trap, the interference patterns obtained by overlapping two condensates, the rotational properties revealing the effects of superfluidity (quantized vortices, behaviour of the moment of
inertia), the Josephson-like phenomena associated with the coherence of the phase, the beyond mean field phenomena exhibited by quantum gases in conditions of reduced dimensionality (1D and 2D) etc. The book also discusses the analogies and differences with the physics of "classical" superfluids like liquid helium and introduces some of the major features of trapped Fermi gases at low temperature, pointing out the consequences of superfluidity.
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Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Physik der Zustandsübergänge
- Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Strömungslehre
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Plasmaphysik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Relativität, Gravitation
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Atom- und Molekülphysik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Hochenergiephysik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Kontinuumsmechanik, Strömungslehre
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Radioaktivität
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Kernphysik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Teilchenphysik
