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arXiv:cond-mat/9710275

The Hydrodynamic Equations of Superfluid Mixtures in Magnetic Traps

Tin-Lun Ho, Vivek B. Shenoy

Published Oct 24, 1997• 1 citation
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Abstract

The hydrodynamics equations of binary mixtures of Bose gases, Fermi gases, and mixtures of Bose and Fermi gases in the presence of external potentials are derived. These equations can be applied to current experiments on mixtures of atomic gases confined in magnetic traps.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9710275

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