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    "abstract": "The formation process of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a trap is described\nusing a master equation based on quantum kinetic theory, which can be well\napproximated by a description using only the condensate mode in interaction\nwith a thermalized bath of noncondensate atoms. A rate equation of the form n =\n2W(n)[(1-exp((mu_n - mu)/kT))n + 1] is derived, in which the difference between\nthe condensate chemical potential mu_n and the bath chemical potential mu gives\nthe essential behavior. Solutions of this equation, in conjunction with the\ntheoretical description of the process of evaporative cooling, give a\ncharacteristic latency period for condensate formation and appear to be\nconsistent with the observed behavior of both rubidium and sodium condensate\nformation.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/9707037",
    "authors": [
      "C. W. Gardiner",
      "P. Zoller",
      "R. J. Ballagh",
      "M. J. Davis"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "quant-ph"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1793",
    "journal_ref": "Phys.Rev.Lett. 79 (1997) 1793-1796",
    "title": "Kinetics of Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Trap",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9707037"
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