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arXiv:1502.02944 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical

Point bosons in a one-dimensional box: the ground state, excitations and thermodynamics

Maksim Tomchenko

Published Aug 17, 2015• 14 citations
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Abstract

We determine the ground-state energy and the effective dispersion law for a one-dimensional system of point bosons under zero boundary conditions. The ground-state energy is close to the value for a periodic system. But the dispersion law is essentially different from that for a periodic system, if the coupling is weak (weak interaction or high concentration) or intermediate. We propose also a new method for construction of the thermodynamics for a gas of point bosons. It turns out that the difference in the dispersion laws of systems with periodic and zero boundary conditions does not lead to a difference in the thermodynamic quantities. In addition, under zero boundary conditions, the microscopic sound velocity does not coincide with the macroscopic one. This means that either the method of determination of $k$ in the dispersion law $E(k)$ is unsuitable or the low-energy excitations are not phonons.

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/48/36/365003

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We diagonalize the second-quantized Hamiltonian of a one-dimensional Bose gas with a non-point repulsive interatomic potential and zero boundary conditions. At a weak coupling, the solutions for the ground-state energy E0 and the dispersion law E(k) coincide with the Bogoliubov solutions for a periodic system. In this case, the single-particle density matrix F1(x, x′) at T = 0 is close to the solution for a periodic system and, at T > 0, is significantly different from it. We also obtain that the wave function ⟨w(x, t)⟩ of the effective condensate is close to a constant √︀N0/L inside the system and vanishes on the boundaries (here, N0 is the number of atoms in the effective condensate, and L is the size of the system). We find the criterion of applicability of the method, according to which the method works for a finite system at very low temperature and with a weak coupling (a weak interaction or a large concentration).
As is known, an elementary excitation of a many-particle system with boundaries is not characterized by a definite momentum. We obtain the formula for the quasimomentum of an elementary excitation for a one-dimensional system of N spinless point bosons under zero boundary conditions (BCs). In this case, we use Gaudin's solutions obtained with the help of the Bethe ansatz. We have also found the dispersion laws of the particle-like and hole-like excita tions under zero BCs. They coincide with the known dispersion laws obtained under periodic BCs.
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Introduction The one-dimensional Bose gas with point-like interaction of the particles (the quantum variant of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation) is one of the main and most important models which can be Solved by means of the Bethe Ansatz. This model has been thoroughly investigated (and. We shall start with the construction of eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian in a finite volume. Quantities interesting from the physical point of view (in the thermodynamic limit at zero temperature) are considered; the thermodynamics at finite temperatures is investigated in detail as well. A number of essential ideas which will be applied to other models are introduced. The construction of eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian is explained in section 1. Their explicit form and, in particular, the two-particle reducibility, are common features of the models solvable by means of the Bethe Ansatz method. Periodic boundary conditions are imposed on the wave function in section 2; the Bethe equations for the particle' momenta are introduced and analyzed. Taken in the logarithmic form, these equations realize the extremum condition of a certain functional, the corresponding action being called the Yang-Yang action. The transition to the thermodynamic limit is considered in section 3. In that same section the ground state of the gas is constructed. The density of the particle distribution in momentum space and the energy of the ground state are calculated. The method of the transition to the thermodynamic limit described in this section is rather general and may be applied to any model solvable by means of the Bethe Ansatz. In section 4, excitations above the ground state are constructed and their main characteristics (energy, momentum and scattering matrix) are determined by means of the dressing equations. The ground state of the model is the Dirac sea (also called the Fermi sphere).
By the superposition of Bethe's wave functions, using the Lieb's solution for the system of identical bosons interacting in one dimension via a $\ensuremath{\delta}$-function potential, we construct the wave function of the corresponding system enclosed in a box by imposing the boundary condition that the wave function must vanish at the two ends of an interval. Coupled equations for the energy levels are derived, and approximately solved in the thermodynamic limit in order to calculate the boundary energy of this Bose gas in its ground state. The method of superposition is also applied to the analogous problem of the Heisenberg-Ising chain (not the ring).