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We study the ground-state properties of a quasi-two-dimensional Bose–Einstein condensate of indirect excitons, which are confined in an anisotropic harmonic potential. Incorporating the interactions, we calculate the order parameter variationally. The difficulties in the detection of a Bose–Einstein condensate are also discussed, along with possible ways which would overcome them.
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Kavoulakis, G.M. Bose–Einstein Condensation of Indirect Excitons in Coupled Quantum Wells. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 132, 297–307 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024848516551
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