Liquid-Gas phase transition in Bose-Einstein Condensates
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We study the effects of a repulsive three-body interaction on a system of trapped ultra-cold atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensed state. The corresponding wave non-linear Schr\"{o}dinger equation is solved numerically and also by a variational approach. A first-order liquid-gas phase transition is observed for the condensed state up to a critical strength of the effective three-body force.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9904184,
title = {Liquid-Gas phase transition in Bose-Einstein Condensates},
author = {A. Gammal and T. Frederico and L. Tomio and Ph. Chomaz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9904184},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures