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A. List <strong>of</strong> Symbols and Abbreviations<br />

ˆH Hamiltonian<br />

η Diagonal matrix diag(1, −1), (section 2.5, subsection 3.3.2)<br />

η(r) Random field on rough surface (only section 3.1)<br />

i Imaginary unit i 2 = −1<br />

k Wave vector<br />

L Distance in speckle geometry (only section 3.1)<br />

Λ Relative correction <strong>of</strong> the dispersion relation [in units <strong>of</strong> V 2 /µ 2 ]<br />

λ Wave length<br />

µ Chemical potential<br />

n Condensate density<br />

P Cauchy principal value<br />

Φ(r) Gross-Pitaevskii ground-state<br />

ˆϕ Phase operator<br />

ˆΨ(r) Field operator<br />

R Diffusor radius in speckle geometry (only section 3.1)<br />

ρ(ω) Density <strong>of</strong> states<br />

Sd Surface <strong>of</strong> the d-dimensional unit sphere<br />

S(k, ω) Spectral function subsection 3.4.1<br />

Σ Self-energy<br />

σ Disorder correlation length<br />

T Transmission coefficient (subsection 2.4.5)<br />

TF Thomas-Fermi (page 26)<br />

138<br />

t Time<br />

uk Coefficient for <strong>Bogoliubov</strong> transformation uk = (ɛk + ɛk)/(2 √ ɛkɛk)

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