Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
An interacting ensemble of particles in the context of quantum algebra
Antonio Maria Scarfone, P. Narayana Swamy
Abstract
In the framework of the q -deformed oscillator algebra we investigate the nature of the interaction among the particles of a free q -boson gas with a view to interpreting the interaction in terms of the general properties of the q -deformation. It is shown that many thermodynamic quantities characterizing the q -boson system can be expressed as power series in the number of particles operator or as a series in the deformation parameter q , implying that the q -deformation can originate from the interaction among the particles of the ensemble. As an example, we derive the virial expansion of the q -boson gas, showing that the lowest order coefficient reduces to the standard virial coefficient of an undeformed boson gas, while the higher order coefficients contain effects arising from interaction.