Bose-Einstein Condensation of Free Photons

Müller, Eberhard E. (1985) Bose-Einstein Condensation of Free Photons. (Preprint)

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Abstract

A grand-canonical description of a photon gas implies Bose-Einstein condensation above Planck’s mean photon number density of black body radiation. For a finite reflecting cavity approximately all excess photons would occupy the Dirichlet ground state thereby forming a monochromatic radio wave.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	School of Theoretical Physics > Preprints
Date Deposited:	06 Jul 2018 10:44
Last Modified:	17 Dec 2022 10:10
URI:	https://dair.dias.ie/id/eprint/858

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