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arXiv:cond-mat/0106515 · Physical Review Letters

Bose-Fermi Variational Theory of the Bose-Einstein Condensate Crossover to the Tonks Gas

Marvin D. Girardeau, Ewan M. Wright

Published Oct 31, 2001• 25 citations
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Abstract

A number-conserving hybrid Bose-Fermi variational theory is developed and applied to investigation of the Bose-Einstein condensate crossover to the Tonks gas in toroidal and long cylindrical traps of high aspect ratio, where strong many-body correlations and condensate depletion occur.
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.87.210401

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