On the linearized system of equations for the condensate-normal fluid interaction at very low temperature

Abstract

The linearization around one of its equilibrium of a system that describes the correlations between the superfluid component and the normal fluid part of a condensed Bose gas in the approximation of very low temperature and small condensate density, is studied. A simple and transparent argument gives a necessary and sufficient condition on the initial data for the existence of global solutions satisfying the conservation of the total number of particles and energy. Their convergence to a suitable stationary state is also shown and rates of convergence for the normal fluid and superfluid components are obtained.