Eur. Phys. J. B 4, 351-356 (1998)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050390

Adiabatical stability of density distributions under Vlasov dynamics^*

Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Wien, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Wien, Austria

Corresponding author: ^a narnh@pap.univie.ac.at

Received: 27 February 1998
Revised: 20 April 1998
Accepted: 23 April 1998
Published online: 15 August 1998

Abstract

It is shown using Vlasov dynamics that the density distribution corresponding to a mean field Bose condensate in an external time dependent potential is adiabatically stable whereas density distributions corresponding to finite temperature are not.