Bose-Einstein condensate

[bohs-ahyn-stahyn]

noun

Physics.

1. a phase of matter in which all bosons in a given physical system have been cooled to a temperature near absolute zero and enter the same quantum state.

Bose-Einstein condensate

1. A state of matter that forms at low temperatures or high densities in which the wave functions of the bosons that make up the matter overlap. The bosons all fall into the same ground level quantum state. Bose-Einstein condensates were predicted by Einstein in 1925 but not observed experimentally until 1995.

2. Also called superatom

3. See also state of matter

Other Word Forms

• Bose-Einstein condensation noun

Example Sentences

In this way, the relevant temperature in the already extremely cold Bose-Einstein condensate can be significantly reduced.

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The research team at TU Wien was able to show: neither an extremely abrupt nor an extremely slow splitting of the Bose-Einstein condensate is optimal.

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"We create a Bose-Einstein condensate and then split it into two parts by creating a barrier in the middle."

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A crystal that behaves periodically in time, although excitation is time-independent, i.e. constant, was only demonstrated in 2022 in a Bose-Einstein condensate.

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“It will reach a very low level of temperature so that we can study some very important phenomena in fundamental physics, such as Bose-Einstein condensate,” Mr. Zhou said, referring to a condensed state of matter only found at temperatures close to absolute zero.

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