Bose-Einstein condensation in an external potential
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 35 (10) , 4354-4358
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.35.4354
Abstract
We present theoretical results for the critical temperature for Bose-Einstein condensation, condensate fraction, and heat capacity of a gas of Bose particles that are confined by a generic power-law potential trap. All three of these quantities are found to vary markedly with the shape of the potential. Both the ideal and the weakly interacting Bose gas are considered.Keywords
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