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Mechanocaloric and Thermomechanical Effects in Bose-Einstein Condensed Systems

Statistical Mechanics 2013-06-10 v1 Quantum Gases

Abstract

In this paper we extend previous hydrodynamic equations, governing the motion of Bose-Einstein-condensed fluids, to include temperature effects. This allows us to analyze some differences between a normal fluid and a Bose-Einstein-condensed one. We show that, in close analogy with superfluid He-4, a Bose-Einstein-condensed fluid exhibits the mechanocaloric and thermomechanical effects. In our approach we can explain both effects without using the hypothesis that the Bose-Einstein-condensed fluid has zero entropy. Such ideas could be investigated in existing experiments.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0508505,
  title  = {Mechanocaloric and Thermomechanical Effects in Bose-Einstein Condensed Systems},
  author = {G. C. Marques and V. S. Bagnato and S. R. Muniz and D. Spehler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0508505},
  year   = {2013}
}

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19 pages, RevTex 4