Quantum Theory of the Ideal Monatomic Gas
BEC Prediction (1995 Nobel Prize)
Abstract
Extension of Bose's statistics to massive particles, predicting Bose-Einstein condensation — a macroscopic quantum state of matter not observed experimentally until 1995.
Citation
@article{einstein1924ideal,
title = {Quantum Theory of the Ideal Monatomic Gas},
author = {Einstein, Albert},
journal = {Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften},
pages = {261--267},
year = {1924}
}