Quantum corrections to the thermodynamic potential of interacting Bosons in a trap
Statistical Mechanics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
We calculate the quantum corrections of the thermodynamic quantities of a system of confined Bosons at finite temperature. Systematically quantum corrections are written in a series of , which is convergent when is much larger than the spacing between energy levels of the system. We apply this method to calculate analytically the thermodynamic potential of a weakly interacting Bose-gas confined in 3-d harmonic oscillator potential. For large number of particles, quantum corrections become small, and contribute to the finite size corrections to scaling.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9801162,
title = {Quantum corrections to the thermodynamic potential of interacting Bosons in a trap},
author = {Subhasis Sinha},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9801162},
year = {2009}
}
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