In a series of papers [1, 2, 3], the author exactly diagonalized the truncated Hamiltonian Hc , proposed by Bogoliubov [4, 5], as a low energy approximation for the weakly interacting boson gas. In addition to the well know collective excitations (CEs) resulting from the Bogoliubov Canonic Approximation (BCA) [6, 7], and denoted as quasi-phonons (QPs), the exact eigenstates of Hc exhibit a new kind of CEs (the `hidden side' which the title alludes to), that we denote as vacuons. Those CEs are created/annihilated by adsorp-tion/emission of a quantum of energy twice as large as the activation energy of a QP. Being momentless, they are reminiscent of Cooper pairs of bosons, with opposite moments. The e_ects of the vacuons on the dynamics of the gas are discussed, with their possible exper-imental evidence.In a series of papers [1, 2, 3], the author exactly diagonalized the truncated Hamiltonian Hc , proposed by Bogoliubov [4, 5], as a low energy approximation for the weakly interacting boson gas. In addition to the well know collective excitations (CEs) resulting from the Bogoliubov Canonic Approximation (BCA) [6, 7], and denoted as quasi-phonons (QPs), the exact eigenstates of Hc exhibit a new kind of CEs (the `hidden side' which the title alludes to), that we denote as vacuons. Those CEs are created/annihilated by adsorp-tion/emission of a quantum of energy twice as large as the activation energy of a QP. Being momentless, they are reminiscent of Cooper pairs of bosons, with opposite moments. The e_ects of the vacuons on the dynamics of the gas are discussed, with their possible exper-imental evidence.

Advances in Materials Science and EngineeringMar 3, 20180 citations

Exact Eigenstates of the Pairing-Force-Hamiltonian. II Boson System

Ikuro Shimose, Yasumitsu Akiyoshi

Oct 20, 19730 citations

Exact diagonalization of the truncated Bogoliubov Hamiltonian

L. Ferrari

The present short note is simply intended to communicate that I have analytically diagonalized the Bogoliubov truncated Hamiltonian $H_c$ ~\cite{Bogo1,Bogo2}, in an interacting bosonic gas. This is the natural prosecution of my work~\cite{MS}, now denoted as (I), where the diagonalization was performed only in the subspace corresponding to zero momentum collective excitations (CE).The present short note is simply intended to communicate that I have analytically diagonalized the Bogoliubov truncated Hamiltonian $H_c$~\cite{Bogo1,Bogo2}, in an interacting bosonic gas. This is the natural prosecution of my work~\cite{MS}, now denoted as (I), where the diagonalization was performed only in the subspace corresponding to zero momentum collective excitations (CE).

arXiv:1610.07168Oct 23, 20160 citations

Dynamical Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov Approximation of Interacting Bosons

Jacky J. Chong, Zehua Zhao

arXiv:1711.00610Annales Henri PoincaréOct 20, 202113 citations

Re-examining the Statistical Mechanics of an Interacting Bose Gas

A. M. Ettouhami

We re-examine the way in which Bogoliubov's theory of a dilute Bose gas at $T=0$ has been extended to describe the statistical mechanics of interacting bosons at finite temperature. We show explicitly that the field-theoretic calculation of the grand partition function in this formulation amounts to a canonical trace over the eigenfunctions of the Bogoliubov Hamiltonian at fixed total number of bosons $N$ , and that the additional trace over $N$ that is required in the grand-canonical formalism is never carried out. This implies that what usually passes as the grand-canonical treatment of the Bogoliubov Hamiltonian is not quite grand-canonical, and is in fact a canonical one. We also show that the discontinuity in the condensate density predicted by previous formulations of this theory as the temperature $T$ goes past the critical transition temperature $T_c$ is a direct consequence of an inappropriate generalization of the Bogoliubov prescription to finite temperatures, and that this discontinuity disappears when this prescription is either used as a zero temperature approximation or avoided altogether. Armed with the above findings, we reformulate the statistical mechanics of interacting bosons in the canonical ensemble and derive the thermodynamics of the system. We then show how the canonical treatment can be used to setup a truly grand-canonical description of the statistical mechanics of a weakly interacting Bose gas where the average number of bosons in the system varies with temperature, unlike existing formulations where the total number of bosons $N$ is taken to be a constant that does not depend on $T$ . Consequences on the physics of interacting bosons are briefly discussed.We re-examine the way in which Bogoliubov's theory of a dilute Bose gas at $T=0$ has been extended to describe the statistical mechanics of interacting bosons at finite temperature. We show explicitly that the field-theoretic calculation of the grand partition function in this formulation amounts to a canonical trace over the eigenfunctions of the Bogoliubov Hamiltonian at fixed total number of bosons $N$, and that the additional trace over $N$ that is required in the grand-canonical formalism is never carried out. This implies that what usually passes as the grand-canonical treatment of the Bogoliubov Hamiltonian is not quite grand-canonical, and is in fact a canonical one. We also show that the discontinuity in the condensate density predicted by previous formulations of this theory as the temperature $T$ goes past the critical transition temperature $T_c$ is a direct consequence of an inappropriate generalization of the Bogoliubov prescription to finite temperatures, and that this discontinuity disappears when this prescription is either used as a zero temperature approximation or avoided altogether. Armed with the above findings, we reformulate the statistical mechanics of interacting bosons in the canonical ensemble and derive the thermodynamics of the system. We then show how the canonical treatment can be used to setup a truly grand-canonical description of the statistical mechanics of a weakly interacting Bose gas where the average number of bosons in the system varies with temperature, unlike existing formulations where the total number of bosons $N$ is taken to be a constant that does not depend on $T$. Consequences on the physics of interacting bosons are briefly discussed.

arXiv:1702.00899Feb 3, 20170 citations

The present short note is simply intended to communicate that I have analytically diagonalized the Bogoliubov truncated Hamiltonian

H_c

~\cite{Bogo1,Bogo2}, in an interacting bosonic gas. This is the natural prosecution of my work~\cite{MS}, now denoted as (I), where the diagonalization was performed only in the subspace corresponding to zero momentum collective excitations (CE).

We re-examine the way in which Bogoliubov's theory of a dilute Bose gas at

T=0

has been extended to describe the statistical mechanics of interacting bosons at finite temperature. We show explicitly that the field-theoretic calculation of the grand partition function in this formulation amounts to a canonical trace over the eigenfunctions of the Bogoliubov Hamiltonian at fixed total number of bosons

N

, and that the additional trace over

N

that is required in the grand-canonical formalism is never carried out. This implies that what usually passes as the grand-canonical treatment of the Bogoliubov Hamiltonian is not quite grand-canonical, and is in fact a canonical one. We also show that the discontinuity in the condensate density predicted by previous formulations of this theory as the temperature

T

goes past the critical transition temperature

T_c

is a direct consequence of an inappropriate generalization of the Bogoliubov prescription to finite temperatures, and that this discontinuity disappears when this prescription is either used as a zero temperature approximation or avoided altogether. Armed with the above findings, we reformulate the statistical mechanics of interacting bosons in the canonical ensemble and derive the thermodynamics of the system. We then show how the canonical treatment can be used to setup a truly grand-canonical description of the statistical mechanics of a weakly interacting Bose gas where the average number of bosons in the system varies with temperature, unlike existing formulations where the total number of bosons

N

is taken to be a constant that does not depend on

T

. Consequences on the physics of interacting bosons are briefly discussed.