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On the dynamics of Bose gases and Bose-Einstein condensates

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October 31, 2016
Keywords:
  • Bose-Einstein condensates, Hartree equation, Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov equation.
Abstract
The Hartree and the nonlinear Schrodinger equation can be derived as the mean field limit of the dynamics of an interacting gas of Bosons exhibiting Bose-Einstein condensation; the nonlinear dispersive PDE describes the dynamics of the Bose-Einstein condensate. The topic of this talk is an extension to the Hartree equation, which describes thermal fluctuations around the Bose-Einstein condensate. Using quasifree reduction, we derive the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) equations, and discuss the well-posedness of the corresponding Cauchy problem. In particular, the emergence of Bose-Einstein condensates at positive temperature via a self-consistent Gibbs state is addressed. This is based on joint work with V. Bach, S. Breteaux, J. Froehlich, and I.M. Sigal.