Quantum Matter Waves The Theory of Bose-einstein Condensates of Atomic Vapors

This very complete monograph, written by renowned experts in the field, is a graduate-level introduction to Bose-Einstein Condensation. Topics covered include the history of BEC, quantum field theory of quantum gases, the Bogoliubov theory, condensate wavefunction and the Gross-Pitaevskii equation, vortices and solitons, the excitation spectrum, phase space methods for bosonic systems, quantum theory of coherence and fluctuations in a BEC, irreversibility, and damping.Gardiner, Crispin W. is the author of 'Quantum Matter Waves The Theory of Bose-einstein Condensates of Atomic Vapors', published 2007 under ISBN 9780387400761 and ISBN 0387400761.