Critical properties of a trapped interacting Bose gas

dc.creatorBezett, A.
dc.creatorBlakie, P. B.
dc.date2008-12-07
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dc.descriptionWe develop a practical theoretical formalism for studying the critical properties of a trapped Bose-Einstein condensate using the projected Gross-Pitaevskii equation. We show that this approach allows us investigate the behavior of the correlation length, condensate mode and its number fluctuations about the critical point. Motivated by recent experiments [Science {\bf 315}, 1556 (2007)] we calculate the critical exponent for the correlation length, observe clear finite-size effects, and develop characteristic length scales to characterize the finite-size influences. We extend the Binder cumulant to the trapped system and discuss an experimental method for measuring number fluctuations.
dc.description10 pages, 9 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1332
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1332
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. A 79, 033611 (2009)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevA.79.033611
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/225113
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleCritical properties of a trapped interacting Bose gas
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