Quantum Matter Waves: The Theory of Bose-Einstein Condensates of Atomic Vapors

by Peter Zoller, R.J. Ballagh, Crispin W. Gardiner

This graduate-level introduction to Bose-Einstein Condensation includes topics on the history of BEC, quantum field theory of quantum gases, the Bogoliubov theory, condensate wave function and the Gross-Pitaevskii equation, vortices and solitons, the excitation spectrum, phase space methods for bosonic systems, quantum theory of coherence and more.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387400761
• ISBN13: 9780387400761
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 450 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 9.3"