Paperback : £46.89
Ultracold atomic gases is a rapidly developing area of physics that attracts many young researchers around the world. Written by world renowned experts in the field, this book gives a comprehensive overview of exciting developments in Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity from a theoretical perspective. The authors also make sense of key experiments from the past twenty years with a special focus on the physics of ultracold atomic gases. These systems are
characterized by a rich variety of features which make them similar to other important systems of condensed matter physics (like superconductors and superfluids). At the same time they exhibit very
peculiar properties which are the result of their gaseous nature, the possibility of trapping in a variety of low dimensional and periodical configurations, and of manipulating the two-body interaction. The book presents a systematic theoretical description based on the most successful many-body approaches applied both to bosons and fermions, at equilibrium and out of equilibrium, at zero as well as at finite temperature. Both theorists and experimentalists will benefit from the book, which
is mainly addressed to beginners in the field (master students, PhD students, young postdocs), but also to more experienced researchers who can find in the book novel inspirations and motivations as
well as new insightful connections.Building on the authors' first book, Bose-Einstein Condensation (Oxford University Press, 2003), this text offers a more systematic description of Fermi gases, quantum mixtures, low dimensional systems and dipolar gases. It also gives further emphasis on the peculiar phenomenon of superfluidity and its key role in many observable properties of these ultracold quantum gases.
Ultracold atomic gases is a rapidly developing area of physics that attracts many young researchers around the world. Written by world renowned experts in the field, this book gives a comprehensive overview of exciting developments in Bose-Einstein condensation and superfluidity from a theoretical perspective. The authors also make sense of key experiments from the past twenty years with a special focus on the physics of ultracold atomic gases. These systems are
characterized by a rich variety of features which make them similar to other important systems of condensed matter physics (like superconductors and superfluids). At the same time they exhibit very
peculiar properties which are the result of their gaseous nature, the possibility of trapping in a variety of low dimensional and periodical configurations, and of manipulating the two-body interaction. The book presents a systematic theoretical description based on the most successful many-body approaches applied both to bosons and fermions, at equilibrium and out of equilibrium, at zero as well as at finite temperature. Both theorists and experimentalists will benefit from the book, which
is mainly addressed to beginners in the field (master students, PhD students, young postdocs), but also to more experienced researchers who can find in the book novel inspirations and motivations as
well as new insightful connections.Building on the authors' first book, Bose-Einstein Condensation (Oxford University Press, 2003), this text offers a more systematic description of Fermi gases, quantum mixtures, low dimensional systems and dipolar gases. It also gives further emphasis on the peculiar phenomenon of superfluidity and its key role in many observable properties of these ultracold quantum gases.
1: Introduction
Part I
2: Long range order, symmetry breaking and order parameter
3: The ideal Bose gas
4: The weakly-interacting Bose gas
5: Non-uniform Bose gases at zero temperature
6: Superfluidity
7: Linear response function
8: Superfluid He4
9: Atomic gases: collisions and trapping
Part II
10: The ideal Bose gas in the harmonic trap
11: Ground state of a trapped condensate
12: Dynamics of a trapped condensate
13: Thermodynamics of a trapped Bose gas
14: Superfluidity and Rotation of a trapped Bose gas
15: Coherence, interference and Josephon effect
Part III
16: Interacting Fermi gases and the BCS-BEC crossover
17: Fermi gas in the harmonic trap
18: Tan relations and the contact
19: Dynamic and Superfluidity of Fermi gases
20: Spin polarized Fermi gases
Part IV
21: Quantum mixtures and spinor gases
22: Quantum Gases in optical lattices
23: Quantum gases in pancake and 2D regimes
24: Quantum gases in cigar and 1D regimes
25: Dipolar gases
Sandro Stringari is a full professor at the University of Trento
and member of the CNR Trento research center on Bose-Einstein
Condensation. After his studies at the Scuola Normale Superiore in
Pisa he started his scientific career in the field of nuclear
physics, quantum clusters and quantum fluids. He is an expert in
the theory of ultracold atomic gases where he made important
contributions on their dynamic and superfluid behavior. He worked,
as invited
scientist, at the Department of Theoretical Physics in Oxford and
at the Institut de Physique Nucléaire in Orsay . In the year
2004/05 he held the European Chair at the College de France in
Paris. Sandro
Stringari has been the organizer of several conferences and schools
in different domains of physics. He is corresponding member of the
Italian Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Lev P. Pitaevskii is a
researcher at the CNR Trento research center on Bose-Einstein
Condensation and at the Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems in
Moscow. He was educated at Saratov University (Russia) and worked
at the Institute for Physical Problems and also at Technion (Haifa,
Israel). He has worked at the
University of Trento since 1998. His main expertise is in the
theory of superfluidity, Bose-Einsten condensation, Van der Waals
forces and plasma physics. He is co-author of the books Quantum
Electrodynamics,
Statistical Physics, Part II (Condensed Matter Theory) and Physical
Kinetics, which are part of the Landau-Lifshitz Course of
Theoretical Physics. He is a full Member of the Russian Academy of
Sciences.
`Bose-Einstein condensates serve as the starting point for most
current experiments in the field of ultracold atom physics... They
are also an essential ingredient for most theoretical studies in
this area. The theory described in this book is thus highly
relevant for all researchers working in this field. The original
version of the author's book on Bose-Einstein condensation is a
standard text in this field and highly regarded. I expect it to be
read
widely by graduate students and more senior researchers entering
the field. I also expect it to be used extensively as a standard
reference within the field.
'
Dieter Jaksch, University of Oxford
`The earlier version of the textbook by these authors,
Bose-Einstein Condensation (2003), is a remarkable achievement and
a 'must have' for any physicist working on cold atoms or teaching
Bose-Einstein Condensation. This revised version increases
considerably the range and interest of the authors' already
classical text. In particular, it includes much more on the Fermi
gases, their superfluidity, and the BEC/BCS crossover. All these
subjects have been
the focus of tremendous experimental interest in recent years. A
high quality comprehensive textbook like this one that addresses
this expanding interest will clearly be an important milestone in
the field.
'
Jean-Michel Raimond, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
`There has been an explosion of interest in this topic in the last
twenty years. Since the publication of the first edition of this
text there have been substantial experimental breakthroughs, and
subsequent refinement of theoretical treatments. In particular,
including discussion of Fermi gases, quantum mixtures, low
dimensional systems and dipolar gases will be valuable additions to
the list of content... This is a timely topic and there currently
is
no competing book at this level of depth... Pitaevskii and
Stringari are both internationally-renowned experts in their field.
They both have a distinguished research track record, and can claim
to be
pioneers in the field of the theoretical treatment of Bose-Einstein
Condensation and superfluidity. Both have made significant
contributions to the field, sustained over a long period of time.
It is difficult to imagine finding a better pairing to write a book
about this topic.
'
Ifan Hughes, Durham University
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
