Abstract:
Condensation of the weakly nonideal gas in an anisotropic parabolic trap was considered. The first order (with respect to the interaction parameter) correction Δ¯n0=¯n0(T)−¯n00(T) to the temperature dependence of the ground state population ¯n00(T) of the ideal gas atoms was found using thermodynamic perturbation theory. The correction found Δ¯n0 proved to be much larger than the one calculated within the mean field theory (see Giorgini S, Pitaevskii L P, Stringari S Phys. Rev. A54 R4633 (1996)) at temperatures below critical. This correction tends to zero as the temperature approaches the critical one; i.e., the interaction of the atoms does not lead to variation in the critical temperature. A simple analytic expression was found that describes the smooth variation of ¯n00(T) as it approaches zero in the vicinity of the critical temperature. A new criterion for applicability of the thermodynamic limit is given.
Citation:
V. A. Alekseev, D. D. Krylova, “Temperature dependence of condensate fraction of weakly nonideal trapped Bose gas”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 30:5 (2000), 441–444 [Quantum Electron., 30:5 (2000), 441–444]