Hydrodynamic modes in a trapped Bose gas above the Bose-Einstein transition
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- 25 October 1996
Abstract
We discuss the collective modes of a trapped Bose gas in the hydrodynamic regime where atomic collisions ensure local thermal equilibrium for the distribution function. Starting from the conservation laws, in the linearized limit we derive a closed equation for the velocity fluctuations in a trapped Bose gas above the Bose-Einstein transition temperature. Explicit solutions for a parabolic trap are given. We find that the surface modes have the same dispersion relation as the one recently obtained by Stringari for the oscillations of the condensate at $T=0$ within the Thomas-Fermi approximation. Results are also given for the monopole ``breathing'' mode as well as for the $m=0$ excitations which result from the coupling of the monopole and quadrupole modes in an anisotropic parabolic well.
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- Version 1, 1996-10-25, ArXiv
- Published version: Physical Review Letters, 78 (10), 1838.
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