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 the equilibrium state is a true condensate, whereas at intermediate temperatures one has a quasicondensate (condensate with fluctuating phase). The mean-field interaction in a quasi2D gas is sensitive to the frequency of the (tight) confinement in the "frozen" direction, and one can switch the sign of the interaction by changing . Variation of 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