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Condensation in ideal Fermi gases

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

I investigate the possibility of condensation in ideal Fermi systems of general single particle density of states. For this I calculate the probability wN0w_{N_0} of having exactly N0N_0 particles in the condensate and analyze its maxima. The existence of such maxima at macroscopic values of N0N_0 indicates a condensate. An interesting situation occurs for example in 1D systems, where wN0w_{N_0} may have two maxima. One is at N0=0N_0=0 and another one may exist at finite N0N_0 (for temperatures bellow a certain condensation temperature). This suggests the existence of a first order phase transition. % The calculation of wN0w_{N_0} allows for the exploration of ensemble equivalence of Fermi systems from a new perspective.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0310248,
  title  = {Condensation in ideal Fermi gases},
  author = {Dragoş-Victor Anghel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0310248},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

8 pages with 1 figure. Will appear in J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. Changes (minor): I updated Ref. [9] and its citation in the text. I introduced citation for figure 1 in the text