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Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity of a weakly-interacting photon gas in a nonlinear Fabry-Perot cavity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2 Condensed Matter

Abstract

A field theoretical framework for the recently proposed photon condensation effect in a nonlinear Fabry-Perot cavity is discussed. The dynamics of the photon gas turns out to be described by an effective 2D Hamiltonian of a complex massive scalar field. Finite size effects are shown to be relevant for the existence of the photon condensate.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9907073,
  title  = {Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity of a weakly-interacting photon gas in a nonlinear Fabry-Perot cavity},
  author = {A. Tanzini and S. P. Sorella},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9907073},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, LateX2e, final version to appear in Phys. Lett. A