Title: Coexistence of photonic and atomic Bose-Einstein condensates in ideal atomic gases
Author(s):

	N. Boichenko ( Akhiezer Institute for Theoretical Physics, NSC KIPT, 1 Akademichna St., 61108 Kharkiv, Ukraine ) ,
	Yu. Slyusarenko ( Akhiezer Institute for Theoretical Physics, NSC KIPT, 1 Akademichna St., 61108 Kharkiv, Ukraine; Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4 Svobody Sq., 61077 Kharkiv, Ukraine)

We have studied conditions of photon Bose-Einstein condensate formation that is in thermodynamic equilibrium with ideal gas of two-level Bose atoms below the degeneracy temperature. Equations describing thermodynamic equilibrium in the system were formulated; critical temperatures and densities of photonic and atomic gas subsystems were obtained analytically. Coexistence conditions of these photonic and atomic Bose-Einstein condensates were found. There was predicted the possibility of an abrupt type of photon condensation in the presence of Bose condensate of ground-state atoms: it was shown that the slightest decrease of the temperature could cause a significant gathering of photons in the condensate. This case could be treated as a simple model of the situation known as "stopped light" in cold atomic gas. We also showed how population inversion of atomic levels can be created by lowering the temperature. The latter situation looks promising for light accumulation in atomic vapor at very low temperatures.

Key words: ideal gases, thermodynamic equilibrium, Bose-Einstein condensate of photons, coexistence of Bose-Einstein condensates
PACS: 03.75.-b, 03.75.Hh, 03.75.Nt, 42.50.Ar

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