This very complete monograph, written by renowned experts in the field, is a graduate-level introduction to Bose-Einstein Condensation. Topics covered include the history of BEC, quantum field theory of quantum gases, the Bogoliubov theory, condensate wavefunction and the Gross-Pitaevskii equation, vortices and solitons, the excitation spectrum, phase space methods for bosonic systems, quantum theory of coherence and fluctuations in a BEC, irreversibility, and damping.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Graduate students, scientists
Illustrationen
57
57 s/w Abbildungen, 57 s/w Zeichnungen
57 illus.
Maße
Höhe: 23.5 cm
Breite: 15.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-0-387-40076-1 (9780387400761)
DOI
Schweitzer Klassifikation
History and Basic Theory - The Road to BEC - Issues Arising from
Experiments - Quantum Field Theory of Quantum Gases - The Bogoliubov
Theory - Condensate Wavefunction and the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation -
Vortices and Solitons - The excitation Spectrum - Phase Space Methods
for Bosonic Systems - Quantum Theory of Coherence and Fluctuations in
a BEC - Quantum Theory of Irrevesibility and Damping - Kinetic Theory
of the Bose Gas - Damping and LInewidth of Excitations - The Growth of
a BEC - Atom Lasers - Manipulation of Matter Waves - Thermodynamics
and the Critical Point - Multicomponent BEC's - Interaction with Light
- Transport Properties
