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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lev Petrovitch Pitaevski; Sandro Stringari |
| ISBN: | 9780198758884 019875888X |
| OCLC Number: | 944322344 |
| Description: | 1 vol. (XI-550 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | PART I; PART II; PART III; PART IV |
| Series Title: | International series of monographs on physics, 164. |
| Responsibility: | Lev Pitaevskii, ... Sandro Stringari, ... |
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The book is a good resource for the theoretical description of BEC beyond the idealised configurations that are described in many texts. The concise style and large amount of notation requires constant effort from the reader, but seems inevitable to explain many of the surprising phenomena appearing in BECs. * Diego Blas Temino, CERN Courier * There has been an explosion of interest in this topic in the last twenty years. Since the publication of the first edition of this text there have been substantial experimental breakthroughs, and subsequent refinement of theoretical treatments. In particular, including discussion of Fermi gases, quantum mixtures, low dimensional systems and dipolar gases will be valuable additions to the list of content... This is a timely topic and there currently is no competingbook at this level of depth... Pitaevskii and Stringari are both internationally-renowned experts in their field. They both have a distinguished research track record, and can claim to be pioneers in the field of the theoretical treatment of Bose-Einstein Condensation and superfluidity. Both havemade significant contributions to the field, sustained over a long period of time. It is difficult to imagine finding a better pairing to write a book about this topic. * Ifan Hughes, Durham University * The earlier version of the textbook by these authors, Bose-Einstein Condensation (2003), is a remarkable achievement and a 'must have' for any physicist working on cold atoms or teaching Bose-Einstein Condensation. This revised version increases considerably the range and interest of the authors' already classical text. In particular, it includes much more on the Fermi gases, their superfluidity, and the BEC/BCS crossover. All these subjects have been the focus oftremendous experimental interest in recent years. A high quality comprehensive textbook like this one that addresses this expanding interest will clearly be an important milestone in the field. * Jean-Michel Raimond, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France * Bose-Einstein condensates serve as the starting point for most current experiments in the field of ultracold atom physics... They are also an essential ingredient for most theoretical studies in this area. The theory described in this book is thus highly relevant for all researchers working in this field. The original version of the author's book on Bose-Einstein condensation is a standard text in this field and highly regarded. I expect it to be read widely bygraduate students and more senior researchers entering the field. I also expect it to be used extensively as a standard reference within the field. * Dieter Jaksch, University of Oxford * ...an excellent text in the field of ultracold atomic physics. I am happy to recommend this book for beginners as well as specialists to have a copy in their library. * Professor Mukunda Mas, Australian Physics * Read more...
