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Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 210401 (2001) [4 pages]

Bose-Fermi Variational Theory of the Bose-Einstein Condensate Crossover to the Tonks Gas

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M. D. Girardeau* and E. M. Wright
Optical Sciences Center and Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721

Received 26 June 2001; revised 10 October 2001; published 31 October 2001

A number-conserving hybrid Bose-Fermi variational theory is developed and applied to investigation of the Bose-Einstein condensate crossover to the Tonks gas in toroidal and long cylindrical traps of high aspect ratio, where strong many-body correlations and condensate depletion occur.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.210401
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.210401
PACS:
03.75.Fi, 05.30.Jp

*Email address: girardeau@optics.arizona.edu

Email address: Ewan.Wright@optics.arizona.edu