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Vortices and turbulence in trapped atomic condensates
After over a decade of experiments generating and studying the physics of
quantized vortices in atomic gas Bose-Einstein condensates, research is
beginning to focus on the roles of vortices in quantum turbulence, as well as
other measures of quantum turbulence in atomic condensates. Such research
directions have the potential to uncover new insights into quantum turbulence,
vortices and superfluidity, and also explore the similarities and differences
between quantum and classical turbulence in entirely new settings. Here we
present a critical assessment of theoretical and experimental studies in this
emerging field of quantum turbulence in atomic condensates
Bose-Einstein condensation in the presence of a uniform field and a point-like impurity
The behavior of an ideal -dimensional boson gas in the presence of a
uniform gravitational field is analyzed. It is explicitly shown that,
contrarily to an old standing folklore, the three-dimensional gas does not
undergo Bose-Einstein condensation at finite temperature. On the other hand,
Bose-Einstein condensation occurs at for if there is a
point-like impurity at the bottom of the vessel containing the gas.Comment: 14 pages, REVTEX. Revised version, accepted for publication in Phys.
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