Bose-Einstein Condensation

Abstract

Introduction -- Long-range order, symmetry breaking and order parameter -- The ideal Bose gas -- The weakly interacting Bose gas -- Nonuniform Bose gases at zero temperature -- Superfluidity -- Linear response function -- Superfluid 4(superscript)He -- Atomic gases: collisions and trapping -- The ideal Bose gas in the harmonic trap -- Ground state of a trapped condensate -- Dynamics of a trapped condensate -- Thermodynamics of a trapped Bose gas -- Rotation of a trapped Bose gas -- Coherence, interference and Josephson effect -- Bose-Einstein condensation in optical lattices -- Bose-Einstein condensation gases in low dimensions -- Atomic Fermi gases in traps -- References -- Index.