Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2001-07-06
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
25 pages, 6 figures, 2 ref. added, minor changes in introduction and conclusion, to appear in EJP B
Scientific paper
10.1007/s100510170028
We study the effects of repulsive interactions on the critical density for the Bose-Einstein transition in a homogeneous dilute gas of bosons. First, we point out that the simple mean field approximation produces no change in the critical density, or critical temperature, and discuss the inadequacies of various contradictory results in the literature. Then, both within the frameworks of Ursell operators and of Green's functions, we derive self-consistent equations that include the dynamic correlations in the system and predict the change of the critical density. We argue that the dominant contribution to this change can be obtained within classical field theory and show that the lowest order correction introduced by interactions is linear in the scattering length, $a$, with a positive coefficient. Finally, we calculate this coefficient within various approximations, and compare with various recent numerical estimates.
Baym Gordon
Blaizot Jean Paul
Holzmann Markus
Laloë Franck F.
Vautherin Dominique
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