{
  "id": "cond-mat/9612198",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "1996-12-23T07:57:08.000Z",
  "updated": "1996-12-23T07:57:08.000Z",
  "title": "Critical Temperature of a Trapped Bose Gas: Mean-Field Theory and Fluctuations",
  "authors": [
    "M. Houbiers",
    "H. T. C. Stoof",
    "E. A. Cornell"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages of ReVTeX and 3 figures. Submitted to Physical Review A",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevA.56.2041",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "We investigate the possibilities of distinguishing the mean-field and fluctuation effects on the critical temperature of a trapped Bose gas with repulsive interatomic interactions. Since in a direct measurement of the critical temperature as a function of the number of trapped atoms these effects are small compared to the ideal gas results, we propose to observe Bose-Einstein condensation by adiabatically ramping down the trapping frequency. Moreover, analyzing this adiabatic cooling scheme, we show that fluctuation effects can lead to the formation of a Bose condensate at frequencies which are much larger than those predicted by the mean-field theory.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "1996-12-23T07:57:08.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "03.75.Fi",
      "42.50.Vk",
      "67.40.-w",
      "32.80.Pj"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "trapped bose gas",
      "critical temperature",
      "mean-field theory",
      "fluctuation effects",
      "ideal gas results"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. A"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "RevTeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 867345
    }
  }
}