Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Hartree-Fock calculation for trapped, two-dimensional interacting Bose gases of finite size
Jae Gil Kim, Kab Seok Kang, Bong Soo Kim, Eok Kyun Lee
Abstract
The mean-field properties of trapped, two-dimensional interacting Bose gases of finite size are surveyed numerically. The coupled nonlinear equations of the Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) equation and the Hartree-Fock equation for the condensate and the thermal component, respectively, are calculated by the hybrid method, in which the GP equation and the low-lying excitations less than cut-off energy are calculated quantum mechanically using the basis representation, while the high-lying states are obtained within the local density approximation. Consistent solutions are obtained for the whole range of temperatures including the critical temperature by determining the thermodynamic chemical potential µ from the condition that the total atomic number must be the desired value, instead of identifying µ with the eigenvalue of the GP equation. Comparisons with the results of the semiclassical two-fluid model are presented.