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Damping in dilute Bose gases: a mean-field approach

Condensed Matter 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

Damping in a dilute Bose gas is investigated using a mean-field approximation which describes the coupled oscillations of condensate and non-condensate atoms in the collisionless regime. Explicit results for both Landau and Beliaev damping rates are given for non-uniform gases. In the case of uniform systems we obtain results for the damping of phonons both at zero and finite temperature. The isothermal compressibility of a uniform gas is also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9709259,
  title  = {Damping in dilute Bose gases: a mean-field approach},
  author = {S. Giorgini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9709259},
  year   = {2009}
}

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24 pages, 1 figure, RevTex, submitted to Phys. Rev. A