Can Photon Bose-Einstein Condensates Exist Alongside Other Force Propagators?

touqra · Oct 4, 2005

Can we have a photon BE condensate? Theoretically, can graviton and gluons and all other force propagators make BE condensates?

ZapperZ · Oct 4, 2005

Er... photons ARE already in a BE condensate! They are the clearest example of such a thing.

Zz.

touqra · Oct 5, 2005

ZapperZ said:

Er... photons ARE already in a BE condensate! They are the clearest example of such a thing.

Zz.

What about other kind of elementary particle bosons?

Why does alkali nuclei need low temperature to achieve BE condensate?

ZapperZ · Oct 5, 2005

touqra said:

What about other kind of elementary particle bosons?

Why does alkali nuclei need low temperature to achieve BE condensate?

There are already other BE condensates, even in atomic gasses. You need low temperature for these because thermal fluctuations destroy long-range coherence.

Zz.

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