Bose-Einstein condensation in trapped atomic gases.
Bose-Einstein condensation in trapped atomic gases.
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.76.2670
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发表时间:
1996-04
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Kagan;Shlyapnikov;Walraven
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作者:
Kagan;Shlyapnikov;Walraven
We discuss Bose-Einstein condensation in a trapped atomic gas and analyze how the sign of the scattering length a and the ratio \ensuremath{\eta} of the interaction between particles to the level spacing in the trap influence the behavior of the condensate wave function ${\ensuremath{\psi}}_{0}$. We find that for $al0$ and $\ensuremath{\eta}\ensuremath{\ll}1$ it is possible to form a metastable Bose condensate, with a long characteristic lifetime with respect to contraction and transitions of particles to excited trap states. For $\ensuremath{\eta}\ensuremath{\gg}1$ a negative scattering length prevents the formation of the condensate. If $ag0$, then an increase of density is accompanied by the evolution of ${\ensuremath{\psi}}_{0}$ to a comparatively wide quasihomogeneous distribution.