We extend our recent work on the two-fluid hydrodynamics of a Bose-condense
d gas by including collisions involving both condensate and noncondensate a
toms. These collisions are essential for establishing a state of local ther
modynamic equilibrium between the condensate and noncondensate. Our theory
is more general than the usual Landau two-fluid theory, to which it reduces
in the appropriate limit, in that it allows one to describe situations in
which a state of complete local equilibrium between the two components has
not been reached. The exchange of atoms between the condensate and nonconde
nsate is associated with a new relaxational mode of the gas.