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 |
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| 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
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| firstCreatedUsing |
rubidium-87 atoms
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| 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
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| hasPhysicalConstituent |
boson
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| 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 distribution
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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 → |
Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Carl E. Wieman
("Bose–Einstein condensation")
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Eric A. Cornell → Satyendra Nath Bose ("Bose–Einstein condensate (theoretical prediction)") → |
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Carl E. Wieman
("Bose–Einstein condensation")
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Lene Vestergaard Hau ("Bose–Einstein condensates") → |
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Satyendra Nath Bose
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JILA
("Bose–Einstein condensation")
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hasResearchArea |
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Bose–Einstein statistics
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relatedConcept |