Bose-Einstein Condensation and Superfluidity

Lev P. Pitaevskii is a researcher at the CNR Trento research center on Bose-Einstein Condensation and at the Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems in Moscow. He was educated at Saratov University (Russia) and worked at the Institute for Physical Problems and also at Technion (Haifa, Israel). He has worked at the University of Trento since 1998. His main expertise is in the theory of superfluidity, Bose-Einsten condensation, Van der Waals forces and plasma physics. He is co-author of the books Quantum Electrodynamics, Statistical Physics, Part II (Condensed Matter Theory) and Physical Kinetics, which are part of the Landau-Lifshitz Course of Theoretical Physics. He is a full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.Sandro Stringari is a full professor at the University of Trento and member of the CNR Trento research center on Bose-Einstein Condensation. After his studies at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa he started his scientific career in the field of nuclear physics, quantum clusters and quantum fluids. He is an expert in the theory of ultracold atomic gases where he made important contributions on their dynamic and superfluid behavior. He worked, as invited scientist, at the Department of Theoretical Physics in Oxford and at the Institut de Physique Nucléaire in Orsay . In the year 2004/05 he held the European Chair at the College de France in Paris. Sandro Stringari has been the organizer of several conferences and schools in different domains of physics. He is corresponding member of the Italian Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.

• 1: Introduction Part I 2: Long range order, symmetry breaking and order parameter 3: The ideal Bose gas 4: The weakly-interacting Bose gas 5: Non-uniform Bose gases at zero temperature 6: Superfluidity 7: Linear response function 8: Superfluid He4 9: Atomic gases: collisions and trapping Part II 10: The ideal Bose gas in the harmonic trap 11: Ground state of a trapped condensate 12: Dynamics of a trapped condensate 13: Thermodynamics of a trapped Bose gas 14: Superfluidity and Rotation of a trapped Bose gas 15: Coherence, interference and Josephon effect Part III 16: Interacting Fermi gases and the BCS-BEC crossover 17: Fermi gas in the harmonic trap 18: Tan relations and the contact 19: Dynamic and Superfluidity of Fermi gases 20: Spin polarized Fermi gases Part IV 21: Quantum mixtures and spinor gases 22: Quantum Gases in optical lattices 23: Quantum gases in pancake and 2D regimes 24: Quantum gases in cigar and 1D regimes 25: Dipolar gases 1: Introduction Part I 2: Long range order, symmetry breaking and order parameter 3: The ideal Bose gas 4: The weakly-interacting Bose gas 5: Non-uniform Bose gases at zero temperature 6: Superfluidity 7: Linear response function 8: Superfluid He4 9: Atomic gases: collisions and trapping Part II 10: The ideal Bose gas in the harmonic trap 11: Ground state of a trapped condensate 12: Dynamics of a trapped condensate 13: Thermodynamics of a trapped Bose gas 14: Superfluidity and Rotation of a trapped Bose gas 15: Coherence, interference and Josephon effect Part III 16: Interacting Fermi gases and the BCS-BEC crossover 17: Fermi gas in the harmonic trap 18: Tan relations and the contact 19: Dynamic and Superfluidity of Fermi gases 20: Spin polarized Fermi gases Part IV 21: Quantum mixtures and spinor gases 22: Quantum Gases in optical lattices 23: Quantum gases in pancake and 2D regimes 24: Quantum gases in cigar and 1D regimes 25: Dipolar gases

Bose-Einstein condensates serve as the starting point for most current experiments in the field of ultracold atom physics... They are also an essential ingredient for most theoretical studies in this area. The theory described in this book is thus highly relevant for all researchers working in this field. The original version of the author's book on Bose-Einstein condensation is a standard text in this field and highly regarded. I expect it to be read widely by graduate students and more senior researchers entering the field. I also expect it to be used extensively as a standard reference within the field.