Momentum distribution of confined bosons: temperature dependence
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The momentum distribution function of a parabolically confined gas of bosons with harmonic interparticle interactions is derived. In the Bose-Einstein condensation region, this momentum distribution substantially deviates from a Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. It is argued that the determination of the temperature of the boson gas from the Bose-Einstein momentum distribution function is more appropriate than the currently used fitting to the high momentum tail of the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution.
5 REVTEX pages + 2 postscript figures. Accepted in Phys. Rev. A
5 REVTEX pages + 2 postscript figures. Accepted in Phys. Rev. A