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arXiv:2310.20070 · Journal of Statistical Physics

Beliaev Damping in Bose Gas

Jan Dereziński, Ben Li, Marcin Napiórkowski

Published Aug 30, 2024• 1 citation
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Abstract

Abstract According to the Bogoliubov theory the low energy behaviour of the Bose gas at zero temperature can be described by non-interacting bosonic quasiparticles called phonons. In this work the damping rate of phonons at low momenta, the so-called Beliaev damping, is explained and computed with simple arguments involving the Fermi Golden Rule and Bogoliubov’s quasiparticles.

DOI
10.1007/s10955-024-03328-2

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