Abstract
We obtain microscopic expressions for the six hydrodynamic modes of a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate: two transverse (shear) modes and four longitudinal modes corresponding to the first sound (elastic waves) and second sound (temperature waves). Our microscopic expressions include both the speed of the two types of sound and the rate of relaxation of the sound waves. We obtain numerical values for the shear viscosity of a dilute BEC composed of bosons which interact via a contact potential. Our values for the shear viscosity are obtained using the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the three types of collision operators that govern the relaxation of the condensate.
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