https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2009-00221-7
Finite temperature scaling theory for the collapse of Bose-Einstein condensate
Department of Theoretical Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, 700032 Kolkata, India
Corresponding author: a tpsb2@iacs.res.in
Received:
19
March
2008
Published online:
4
September
2009
We show how to apply the scaling theory in an inhomogeneous system like harmonically trapped Bose condensate at finite temperature. We calculate the temperature dependence of the critical number of particles by a scaling theory within the Hartree-Fock approximation and find that there is a dramatic increase in the critical number of particles as the condensation point is approached.
PACS: 03.75.Hh – Static properties of condensates; thermodynamical, statistical, and structural properties / 03.75.-b – Matter waves / 05.30.Jp – Boson systems
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2009
