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Bose—Einstein condensates

B. B. Kadomtsev, M. B. Kadomtsev

Russian Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow

Abstract: The production of Bose—Einstein condensates in atomic gases of alkaline elements contained in magnetic traps has opened a new direction of research in the physics of superlow temperatures. This paper explains in plain words the theory of Bose—Einstein condensation in rarefied gases, and then offers a brief overview of the experimental results.

PACS: 05.30.Jp, 32.80.Pj, 52.55.Lf

Received: May 1, 1997

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0167.199706d.0649

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 1997, 40:6, 623–637

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