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BEC From a Time-Dependent Variational Point of View

Other Condensed Matter 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We use the time-dependent variational of Balian and Veneroni to derive a set of equations governing the dynamics of a trapped Bose gas at finite temperature. We show that this dynamics generalizes the Gross-Pitaevskii equations in that it introduces a consistent coupling between the evolution of the condensate density, the thermal cloud and the anomalous density.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0503747,
  title  = {BEC From a Time-Dependent Variational Point of View},
  author = {M. Benarous},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0503747},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages

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