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Finite temperature excitations of a trapped Bose gas

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We present a detailed study of the temperature dependence of the condensate and noncondensate density profiles of a Bose-condensed gas in a parabolic trap. These quantitites are calculated self-consistently using the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov equations within the Popov approximation. Below the Bose-Einstein transition the excitation frequencies have a realtively weak temperature dependence even though the condensate is strongly depleted. As the condensate density goes to zero through the transition, the excitation frequencies are strongly affected and approach the frequencies of a noninteracting gas in the high temperature limit.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9611023,
  title  = {Finite temperature excitations of a trapped Bose gas},
  author = {D. A. W. Hutchinson and E. Zaremba and A. Griffin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9611023},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, Latex, 4 postscript figures. Submitted to Physical Review Letters