2-FLUID HYDRODYNAMICS FOR A TRAPPED WEAKLY INTERACTING BOSE-GAS

Citation
E. Zaremba et al., 2-FLUID HYDRODYNAMICS FOR A TRAPPED WEAKLY INTERACTING BOSE-GAS, Physical review. A, 57(6), 1998, pp. 4695-4698
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
57
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
4695 - 4698
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1998)57:6<4695:2HFATW>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We derive coupled, equations of motion for the condensate (superfluid) and noncondensate (normal fluid) degrees of freedom in a trapped Bose gas at finite temperatures. Our results are based on the Hartree-Fock -Popov approximation for the time-dependent condensate wave function, and thermodynamic local equilibrium for the noncondensate atoms. In th e special case of a uniform weakly interacting gas, our hydrodynamic e quations are shown to be consistent with the two-fluid equations of La ndau. The collective modes in a parabolically trapped Bose gas include the analog of the out-of-phase second-sound mode in superfluid He-4.