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arXiv:1301.2073 · European Journal of Physics

The Gross–Pitaevskii equation and Bose–Einstein condensates

J. Rogel-Salazar

Published Jan 9, 2013• 132 citations
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Abstract

The Gross–Pitaevskii equation (GPE) is discussed at the level of an advanced course on statistical physics. In the standard literature the GPE is usually obtained in the framework of the second quantization formalism, which in many cases goes beyond the material covered in many advanced undergraduate courses. In this paper, we motivate the derivation of the GPE in relationship to concepts from statistical physics, highlighting a number of applications from the dynamics of a Bose–Einstein condensate to the excitations of the gas cloud. This paper may be helpful for encouraging the discussion of modern developments in a statistical mechanics course, and can also be of use in other contexts such as mathematical physics and modelling. The paper is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for general physicists.

DOI
10.1088/0143-0807/34/2/247

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We clarify that an ideal gas obeying infinite statistics cannot undergo condensation. Then we derive the dynamic equation for an identical particle system obeying infinite statistics under external potential and inter-particle interaction. The derivation utilizes the Hamiltonian written in terms of the number operators and the transition number operators. At a very low temperature, where one can discard the dynamics of the excited occupation level, the dynamic of an infinite statistics system can be described by the Gross Pitaevskii equation, similar to the Bose-Einstein case.
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