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Summary: Bose-Einstein Condensate: A New state of matter
KISHORE T. KAPALE
June 24, 2003
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE: A NEW STATE OF MATTER 1
Outline
· Introductory Concepts
Bosons and Fermions
Classical and Quantum Statistics
Intuitive picture of Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC)
Statistical mechanics of BECs
Experimental techniques to achieve BEC.
· What can we do with Bose-Einstein condensates?
Coherence in the condensates
Atom Lasers
Generation of vortex lattices
Other cool things that can be done with cold atoms
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE: A NEW STATE OF MATTER 2
Bosons and Fermions
· The behavior of a gas of identical particles at low temperature depends on
the spin of the particle.
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