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bogolon

bogolon noun: a collective excitation, in a Bose-Einstein condensate, that has some characteristics of a particle.

Noun

bogolon (plural bogolons)

  1. A collective excitation, in a Bose-Einstein condensate, that has some characteristics of a particle.
    • At low condensate density, the topology of the single-particle bands is transferred to the bogolon dispersion.2015, O. Bleu, D.D. Solnyshkov, G. Malpuech, “Interacting quantum fluid in a polariton topological insulator”, in arXiv

Forms of bogolon

pluralbogolons

Origin of bogolon

The idea of this quasiparticle was introduced by Nikolay Bogolyubov in 1947, after whom it was named.

Questions about bogolon

What does bogolon mean?
Bogolon means a collective excitation, in a Bose-Einstein condensate, that has some characteristics of a particle.
What part of speech is bogolon?
Bogolon is a noun.
What is the plural of bogolon?
The plural of bogolon is bogolons.

Words near bogolon in the dictionary

  1. bogolan
  2. bogolans
  3. Bogoliubov transformation
  4. Bogoliubov-Parasyuk theorem
  5. Bogoliubov-Valatin transformation
  6. bogolon
  7. bogolons
  8. Bogolub
  9. Bogomaz
  10. Bogomil
  11. Bogomile

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