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arXiv:1403.0271 · Mathematical Results in Quantum Mechanics (QMath)

Bose-Einstein condensation on quantum graphs

Jens Bolte, Joachim Kerner

Published Nov 5, 2014• 1 citation
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Abstract

We present results on Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) on general compact quantum graphs, i.e., one-dimensional systems with a (potentially) complex topology. We first investigate non-interacting many-particle systems and provide a complete classification of systems that exhibit condensation. We then consider models with interactions that consist of a singular part as well as a hardcore part. In this way we obtain generalisations of the Tonks-Girardeau gas to graphs. For this we find an absence of phase transitions which then indicates an absence of BEC.

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10.1142/9789814618144_0016

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We establish a general criterion relating the absence of Bose-Einstein condensation to specific properties of the one-body reduced density matrix. A general model of hard particles in one dimension is investigated in detail. The results are subsequently applied to hard Bosons in a weak gravitational field. The thermodynamic functions of this system show a singularity at a critical value of the density. However, we prove that this phase transition is not Bose-Einstein condensation On demontre l'equivalence entre l'absence de condensation de Bose-Einstein et certaines proprietes de la matrice densite reduite a un corps. On etudie en detail les proprietes des systemes unidimensionnels de particules a cœurs durs. On applique ces resultats au gaz de Bose a cœur dur soumis a un champ de gravitation faible. Dans ce modele, les fonctions thermodynamiques presentent une singularite a une certaine densite critique. Cependant, on demontre que cette transition de phase n'est pas la condensation de Bose-Einstein