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The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: A Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) is often said to be a “fifth state of matter“. But what exactly is it? In this video, I wanted to discuss BECs and the basic mathematical descriptions derived from the theory of quantum mechanics. #boseeinsteincondensate #quantumphysics #BEC Firstly, we need to consider certain particles known as Bosons. (Both Bosons and the Bose-Einstein condensate are named after Indian Physicist Satyendra Nath Bose). Now as it turns out, Bosons are a class of “indistinguishable“ particle. This means that if we have a system of two or more bosons, all we can know is the number of bosons in our system. They are identical to each other in every way (same mass, same charge, etc). And if we label each particle in the system and then leave the system to evolve, then some time later we have absolutely no way of knowing which particle is which.
