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Quantum Theory of the Ideal Monatomic Gas

Albert Einstein · Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften , 1924

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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}
}