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On the theory of light scattering by a dilute gas Bose–Einstein condensate

Yu. A. Avetisyan^a, E. D. Trifonov<sup>b

a</sup> Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saratov
^b Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University, St. Petersburg

Abstract: The semiclassical theory of light scattering by a dilute gas Bose–Einstein condensate is examined, with special attention paid to the key role of the momentum recoil imparted to atoms by photons, a phenomenon that disturbs the interferential quenching of superradiant scattering.

Keywords: Rayleigh scattering, superradiant scattering, Bose–Einstein condensate, superradiant reflection.

PACS: 42.25.Fx, 42.50.Nn, 67.85.-d

Received: February 14, 2014
Revised: October 3, 2014
Accepted: December 5, 2014

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0185.201503c.0307

 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 2015, 58:3, 286–294

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