Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation

Covering general theoretical concepts and the research to date, this book demonstrates that Bose–Einstein condensation is a truly universal phenomenon.

Nick P. Proukakis (Edited by), David W. Snoke (Edited by), Peter B. Littlewood (Edited by)

9781107085695, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 27 April 2017

660 pages, 138 b/w illus. 3 tables
25.3 x 17.8 x 3.3 cm, 1.45 kg

'The study of Bose–Einstein condensation (BEC) has undergone an incredible expansion during the last 25 years. … This book is a collection of essays written by leading experts on various aspects and in different branches of BEC, which is now a broad and interdisciplinary area of modern physics. Composed of four parts, the volume starts with the history of the rapid development of this field and then takes the reader through the most important results.' Virginia Greco, CERN Courier

Following an explosion of research on Bose–Einstein condensation (BEC) ignited by demonstration of the effect by 2001 Nobel prize winners Cornell, Wieman and Ketterle, this book surveys the field of BEC studies. Written by experts in the field, it focuses on Bose–Einstein condensation as a universal phenomenon, covering topics such as cold atoms, magnetic and optical condensates in solids, liquid helium and field theory. Summarising general theoretical concepts and the research to date - including novel experimental realisations in previously inaccessible systems and their theoretical interpretation - it is an excellent resource for researchers and students in theoretical and experimental physics who wish to learn of the general themes of BEC in different subfields.

Foreword
List of contributors
Preface
Part I. Introduction: 1. Universality and Bose–Einstein condensation: perspectives on recent work D. W. Snoke, N. P. Proukakis, T. Giamarchi and P. B. Littlewood
2. A history of Bose–Einstein condensation of atomic hydrogen T. Greytak and D. Kleppner
3. Twenty years of atomic quantum gases: 1995–2015 W. Ketterle
4. Introduction to polariton condensation P. B. Littlewood and A. Edelman
Part II. General Topics: Editorial notes
5. The question of spontaneous symmetry breaking in condensates D. W. Snoke and A. J. Daley
6. Effects of interactions on Bose–Einstein condensation R. P. Smith
7. Formation of Bose–Einstein condensates M. J. Davis, T. M. Wright, T. Gasenzer, S. A. Gardiner and N. P. Proukakis
8. Quenches, relaxation and pre-thermalization in an isolated quantum system T. Langen and J. Schmiedmayer
9. Ultracold gases with intrinsic scale invariance C. Chin
10. Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless phase of a driven-dissipative condensate N. Y. Kim, W. H. Nitsche and Y. Yamamoto
11. Superfluidity and phase correlations of driven dissipative condensates J. Keeling, L. M. Sieberer, E. Altman, L. Chen, S. Diehl and J. Toner
12. BEC to BCS crossover from superconductors to polaritons A. Edelman and P. B. Littlewood
Part III. Condensates in Atomic Physics: Editorial notes
13. Probing and controlling strongly correlated quantum many-body systems using ultracold quantum gases I. Bloch
14. Preparing and probing chern bands with cold atoms N. Goldman, N. R. Cooper and J. Dalibard
15. Bose–Einstein condensates in artificial gauge fields L. J. LeBlanc and I. B. Spielman
16. Second sound in ultracold atomic gases L. Pitaevskii and S. Stringari
17. Quantum turbulence in atomic Bose–Einstein condensates N. G. Parker, A. J. Allen, C. F. Barenghi and N. P. Proukakis
18. Spinor-dipolar aspects of Bose–Einstein condensation M. Ueda
Part IV. Condensates in Condensed Matter Physics: Editorial notes
19. Bose–Einstein condensation of photons and grand-canonical condensate fluctuations J. Klaers and M. Weitz
20. Laser operation and Bose–Einstein condensation: analogies and differences A. Chiocchetta, A. Gambassi and I. Carusotto
21. Vortices in resonant polariton condensates in semiconductor microcavities D. N. Krizhanovskii, K. Guda, M. Sich, M. S. Skolnick, L. Dominici and D. Sanvitto
22. Optical control of polariton condensates G. Christmann, P. G. Savvidis and J. J. Baumberg
23. Disorder, synchronization and phase-locking in non-equilibrium Bose–Einstein condensates P. R. Eastham and B. Rosenow
24. Collective topological excitations in 1D polariton quantum fluids H. Terças, D. D. Solnyshkov and G. Malpuech
25. Microscopic theory of Bose–Einstein condensation of magnons at room temperature H. Salman, N. G. Berloff and S. O. Demokritov
26. Spintronics and magnon Bose–Einstein condensation R. A. Duine, A. Brataas, S. A. Bender and Y. Tserkovnyak
27. Spin-superfluidity and spin-current mediated non-local transport H. Chen and A. H. MacDonald
28. Bose–Einstein condensation in quantum magnets C. Kollath, T. Giamarchi and C. Rüegg
Part V. Condensates in Astrophysics and Cosmology: Editorial notes
29. Bose–Einstein condensates in neutron stars C. J. Pethick, T. Schäfer and A. Schwenk
30. A simulated cosmological metric: the superfluid 3He condensate G. R. Pickett
31. Cosmic axion Bose–Einstein condensation N. Banik and P. Sikivie
32. Graviton BECs: a new approach to quantum gravity G. Dvali and C. Gomez
Universal Bose–Einstein condensation workshop
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Subject Areas: Chemical physics [PHVQ], Atomic & molecular physics [PHM], Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC]