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Plasmon damping in a charged Bose-Einstein condensate model

José F. Nieves*

Sarira Sahu†

  • Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Circuito Exterior, C. U., A. Postal 70-543, 04510 Mexico DF, Mexico

  • *Contact author: nieves@ltp.uprrp.edu
  • †Contact author: sarira@nucleares.unam.mx
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Phys. Rev. D 112, 095013 – Published 12 November, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/yy2r-sgf8

Abstract

In this work we consider the calculation of the imaginary part of the dispersion relations of the propagating modes in a model of a charged scalar Bose-Einstein (BE) condensate, as well as the contribution to the imaginary part of the longitudinal component of the photon polarization tensor and the dielectric constant. In that model, two modes correspond to the transverse photon polarizations, while the other two modes are combinations of the longitudinal photon and the massive scalar field, which we denote as the (±) modes. The dispersion relations of the transverse modes have the usual form for transverse photons in a plasma, and we do not consider them here any further. In a previous work we determined the real part of the dispersion relations of the (±) modes, as well as the real part of the longitudinal component of the polarization tensor and dielectric constant, which have some unique features. In the appropriate limit, those results reproduce the results obtained for the dielectric constant and dispersion relation in nonrelativistic models of the BE condensation of charged scalars. Here we determine, in the same model, their imaginary part. The results can be useful in physical contexts involving the electrodynamics of a charged scalar BE condensate, and can serve as benchmark results for further exploration.

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Phys. Rev. D 112, 095013– Published 12 November, 2025
  • Received 8 October 2025
  • Accepted 28 October 2025
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