Acta Physica Polonica A
Statistical Physics of Bose-Einstein Condensation
Mariusz Gajda, Kazimierz Rza̧żewski
Abstract
cs, Po l i sh Ac ademy of Sciences al .Lo tni k §w 32/ 46, 02-668 W arsaw, Po l and b Center for Theo reti cal Physi cs, Po l ish Aca demy of Sciences al .Lo tni k §w 32/ 46, 02-668 W arsaw, Po l and ( Recei ved Novem ber 15, 2001)W e rev iew a pr ogress i n un derstandi ng of statisti cal prop erties of a quantu m degenerate Bose gas.W e show how the Ma xw ell demon ensem ble helps to compute Ûuctuations of the Bose{ Eins tein condensate of an ideal Bose gas according to the micro canoni cal ensemble.T hen, we review a metho d of measuring these Ûuctuations.U sing a solubl e mo del of interacting Bose gas w e also stress the imp ortance of higher-order correlation functions.Finall y, w e review our no vel computational metho d of studying an interacting Bose gas near its critical temp erature.