P B Blakie et al 2007 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 40 3273 doi:10.1088/0953-4075/40/16/008
P B Blakie1, E Toth1 and M J Davis2
Show affiliationsWe outline a practical scheme for measuring the thermodynamic properties of a Bose–Einstein condensate as a function of internal energy. We propose using Bragg scattering and controlled trap manipulations to impart a precise amount of energy to a near-zero temperature condensate. After thermalization the temperature can be measured using standard techniques to determine the state equation T(U, N, ω). Our analysis accounts for interaction effects and the excitation of constants of motion which restrict the energy available for thermalization.
03.75.Hh Static properties of condensates; thermodynamical, statistical and structural properties
Issue 16 (28 August 2007)
Received 13 April 2007, in final form 8 June 2007
Published 6 August 2007
P B Blakie et al 2007 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 40 3273
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