Bose–Einstein condensate
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A Bose–Einstein condensate is an exotic state of matter formed when a dilute gas of bosons is cooled to temperatures near absolute zero, causing a large fraction of the particles to occupy the same quantum state and behave as a single quantum entity.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
many-body quantum system
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quantum phase of matter ⓘ state of matter ⓘ |
| firstCreatedAt |
JILA
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University of Colorado Boulder ⓘ |
| firstCreatedBy |
Carl E. Wieman
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Eric A. Cornell ⓘ |
| firstCreatedInLaboratory | 1995 ⓘ |
| firstCreatedUsing | rubidium-87 atoms ⓘ |
| hasApplication |
atom interferometry
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precision measurements ⓘ quantum information science ⓘ quantum simulation ⓘ study of quantum phase transitions ⓘ study of superfluidity ⓘ |
| hasNobelPrizeAssociated | 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| hasPhysicalConstituent | boson ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
long-range phase coherence
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macroscopic occupation of ground state ⓘ macroscopic quantum coherence ⓘ matter-wave interference ⓘ occupies single quantum state ⓘ off-diagonal long-range order ⓘ quantum degeneracy ⓘ superfluidity ⓘ ultra-low temperature ⓘ |
| hasTheoreticalBasis |
Bose–Einstein statistics
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surface form:
Bose–Einstein distribution
Bose–Einstein statistics ⓘ Gross–Pitaevskii equation ⓘ quantum mechanics ⓘ second quantization ⓘ |
| isDescribedBy |
macroscopic wavefunction
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order parameter wavefunction ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
BCS–BEC crossover
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Fermi gas ⓘ laser cooling ⓘ magnetic trap ⓘ optical trap ⓘ superfluid helium ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Albert Einstein
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Satyendra Nath Bose ⓘ |
| predictedBy |
Albert Einstein
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Satyendra Nath Bose ⓘ |
| predictionYear |
1924
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1925 ⓘ |
| requiresCondition |
bosonic particles
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dilute atomic gas ⓘ evaporative cooling ⓘ temperature near absolute zero ⓘ trapping potential ⓘ |
| typicalTemperatureScale |
microkelvin
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nanokelvin ⓘ |
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1999 Nature paper on light slowed to 17 meters per second
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