Bose-Einstein Condensation

The first book devoted to Bose–Einstein condensation (BEC) as an interdisciplinary subject.

A. Griffin (Edited by), D. W. Snoke (Edited by), S. Stringari (Edited by)

9780521589901, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 13 July 1996

620 pages
22.8 x 15.1 x 3.3 cm, 0.829 kg

"Bose-Einstein Condensation will be a valuable reference for both those in the field and those who want to understand the physics behind this fascinating new state of matter." Thomas Greytak, Physics Today

This is the first book devoted to Bose–Einstein condensation (BEC) as an interdisciplinary subject, covering atomic and molecular physics, laser physics, low temperature physics and astrophysics. It contains 18 authoritative review articles on experimental and theoretical research in BEC and associated phenomena. Bose–Einstein condensation is a phase transition in which a macroscopic number of particles all go into the same quantum state. It has been known for some time that this phenomenon gives rise to superfluidity in liquid helium but recent research has focused on the search for BEC in other condensed matter systems, such as excitons, spin-polarised hydrogen, laser-cooled atoms, high-temperature superconductors and subatomic matter. This unique book gives an in-depth report on progress in this field and suggests promising research topics for the future. It will be of interest to graduate students and research workers in condensed matter, low temperature, atomic and laser physics.

1. Introduction: Unifying themes of Bose–Einstein condensation
Part I. Review Papers: 2. Some comments on Bose–Einstein condensation
3. Bose–Einstein condensation and superfluidity
4. Bose–Einstein condensation in liquid helium
5. Sum rules and Bose–Einstein condensation
6. Dilute degenerate gases
7. Prospects for Bose–Einstein condensation in magnetically trapped atomic hydrogen
8. Spin-polarized hydrogen: Prospects for Bose–Einstein condensation and two-dimensional superfluidity
9. Laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms
10. Kinetics of Bose–Einstein condensation in an interacting Bose gas
11. Condensate formation in a Bose gas
12. Bose–Einstein condensation of excitonic particles in semiconductors
13. Macroscopic coherent states of excitons in semiconductors
14. Bose–Einstein condensation in a nearly ideal gas: excitons in Cu2O
15. Crossover from BCS theory to Bose–Einstein condensation
16. Bose–Einstein condensation of bipolarons in high-Tc superconductors
17. Kaon condensation in dense matter
18. The bosonization method in nuclear physics
19. Broken gauge symmetry in a Bose condensate
Part II. Brief Reports: 20. Bose–Einstein condensation in ultra-cold cesium: collisional constraints
21. Bose–Einstein condensation and relaxation explosion in magnetically trapped atomic hydrogen
22. Quest for Kosterlitz–Thouless transition in two-dimensional atomic hydrogen
23. Bose–Einstein condensation of biexcitons in CuCl
24. The influence of polariton effects on the Bose–Einstein condensation of biexcitons
25. Light-induced Bose–Einstein condensation of excitons and biexcitons
26. Decay of a non-equilibrium polariton condensate and the distribution functions of interacting polaritons in semiconductors
27. Possibilities for Bose–Einstein condensation in positronium
28. Excitonic superfluidity in Cu2O
29. On the Bose–Einstein condensation of excitons – finite-lifetime composite bosons
30. Charged bosons in quantum heterostructures
31. The dynamic structure function of Bose liquids in the deep inelastic regime
32. Evidence for bipolaronic Bose-liquid and Bose–Einstein condensation in high-Tc oxides
33. Bose–Einstein condensation and spin waves
34. Universal behaviour within the Nozières and Schmitt–Rink theory
35. Bound states and superfluidity in strongly coupled fermion systems
36. Onset of superfluidity in nuclear matter.

Subject Areas: Atomic & molecular physics [PHM], Optical physics [PHJ], Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC]