arXiv:1103.6152 · Physical Review A
Efficient thermodynamic description of multicomponent one-dimensional Bose gases
Andreas Klümper, Ovidiu I. Pâţu
Abstract
We present a method of obtaining nonlinear integral equations characterizing the thermodynamics of one-dimensional multicomponent gases interacting via a $\ensuremath{\delta}$-function potential. In the case of the repulsive two-component Bose gas we obtain a simple system of two nonlinear integral equations, allowing for an efficient numerical implementation, in contrast with the infinite number of coupled equations obtained by employing the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz. Our technique makes use of the quantum transfer matrix and the fact that, in a certain continuum limit, multicomponent gases can be obtained from appropriate anisotropic spin chains.