Kinetics of Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Trap
Kinetics of Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Trap
The formation process of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a trap is described using a master equation based on quantum kinetic theory, which can be well approximated by a description using only the condensate mode in interaction with a thermalized bath of noncondensate atoms. A rate equation of the form n …