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Bose-Einstein condensation in quasi2D trapped gases

Statistical Mechanics 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

We discuss BEC in (quasi)2D trapped gases and find that well below the transition temperature TcT_c the equilibrium state is a true condensate, whereas at intermediate temperatures T<TcT<T_c one has a quasicondensate (condensate with fluctuating phase). The mean-field interaction in a quasi2D gas is sensitive to the frequency ω0\omega_0 of the (tight) confinement in the "frozen" direction, and one can switch the sign of the interaction by changing ω0\omega_0. Variation of ω0\omega_0 can also reduce the rates of inelastic processes, which opens prospects for tunable BEC in trapped quasi2D gases.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9909344,
  title  = {Bose-Einstein condensation in quasi2D trapped gases},
  author = {D. S. Petrov and M. Holzmann and G. V. Shlyapnikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9909344},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 revtex pages, 1 figure, text is revised, figure improved