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Liquid-Gas phase transition in Bose-Einstein Condensates

A. Gammal, T. Frederico, L. Tomio, Ph. Chomaz

cond-mat.softarXiv:cond-mat/9904184

Abstract

We study the effects of a repulsive three-body interaction on a system of trapped ultra-cold atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensed state. The corresponding s-wave non-linear Schrödinger equation is solved numerically and also by a variational approach. A first-order liquid-gas phase transition is observed for the condensed state up to a critical strength of the effective three-body force.

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