| View Larger Image | Bose-Einstein Condensation in Dilute Gases | Hardcoverby C. J. Pethick (Author), H. Smith (Author)
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| | Binding: | Hardcover | | Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | | Edition: | 2nd Edition | | Page Count: | 584 Pages | | Publication Date: | October 20, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 501,712st |
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Product Description
Pethick and Smith provide a unified introduction to the physics of ultracold atomic Bose and Fermi gases for students, experimentalists and theorists alike. This book explains the phenomena in ultracold gases from basic principles, without assuming a detailed knowledge of atomic, condensed matter, and nuclear physics. This book provides chapters to cover the statistical physics of trapped gases, atomic properties, cooling and trapping atoms, interatomic interactions, structure of trapped condensates, collective modes, rotating condensates, superfluidity, interference phenomena, and trapped Fermi gases. Problems are included at the end of each chapter. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 2 reviews)
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Best so far in the subject, good but not great. by Mayer A. Landau (Rochester, NY)  4 Stars
October 29, 2003
Of the three main books on laser cooling and BEC that are on the market right now (Laser Cooling by Metcalf and Atom Optics by Meystre) this one is by far the best. There are a lot of details here, but unfortunately a lot more are still left out. Chapter 8, and sections 11.3, and 14.3 in particular should be rewritten. Too many equations are written down from nowhere without any derivation. Some sections, like 13.2, are clearer in the original papers. So while this book is a vast improvement over the current state of affairs, there is quite a ways to go for a truly good textbook in this subject. Still, while the quality of the exposition varies wildly from chapter to chapter, many of the chapters ARE well written, and so you can still learn a great deal from this book. Until a better book comes along, this is the book to buy in this subject.
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Nicely balanced by Gregor Weihs (Waterloo, ON CA)  5 Stars
July 11, 2002
I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to get into the field of Bose-Einstein condensation. Myself being a novice to the subject, I found a very well structured text with an exceptional balance between experiment and theory. All dicussions are well supported with examples. The theory parts are very detailed so that even the unexperienced reader can easily follow.
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