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Canadian Journal of Physics

Effects of the T-matrix center-of-mass approximation in the Brueckner–Sawada theory of liquid helium II

S. K. Bose, D. F. Goble

Published Dec 1, 1985• 0 citations
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Abstract

As a model for liquid helium II, we study the Bose–Einstein gas with a two-body interaction potential of the form ~δ(r − a), where r is the interparticle separation. Excitation spectra for various values of a are calculated using the Brueckner–Sawada approach based on the concept of the T matrix. However, unlike the work of Brueckner and Sawada and many other related works that followed, we take into account the dependence of the T matrix on the center-of-mass momentum of the interacting particles. Excitation spectra calculated with and without this dependence, using two different expressions for the two-particle propagator, indicate the validity of the Brueckner and Sawada center-of-mass approximation for physically interesting values of a. The difference between the two spectra is found to increase as a increases.

DOI
10.1139/p85-257

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Using the energy-momentum relation derived by Brueckner and Sawada, the low-temperature thermodynamical properties of a Bose gas with hard-sphere interaction are investigated. The two cases, (1) when this energy spectrum is similar to that observed in liquid helium II and (2) when it becomes similar to that derived by Lee, Huang, and Yang, are investigated separately. In the first case (where the spectrum exhibits a nonmonotonic character), the analytical derivation of the expressions for the various thermodynamical properties is rendered possible by dividing the momentum range into three suitable intervals such that within each interval the epsilon -p relation can be approximated to a simple algebraic one. The numerical magnitudes of the various parameters characterizing the algebraic relations are calculated for the case of a gas with density equal to that of liquid helium(II) and for three plausible values of the hard-sphere diameter. The calculated results agree qualitatively with those obtained from the experimental study of this liquid. For the second case, expressions are derived for the various macroscopic properties of the assembly in terms of suitable mathematical functions and then are written down in the form of series expansions for the two particular cases of interest. (auth)
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The Bassichis–Foldy model of a simple interacting boson is solved numerically and the results are compared with those obtained by the Bogoliubov approximation and by the Brueckner–Sawada t-matrix formalism. In the normal region, contrary to the widely held view, the Brueckner–Sawada approximation for the energy of the ground state is not reliable for strong, well-behaved, repulsive forces. The Bogoliubov approximation, on the other hand, remains valid for a wide range of values of the coupling constant. In the inverted region, the attractive force causes a population inversion in the levels of the system. For this case a modified Brueckner–Sawada approximation is developed. This method is applied to the calculation of the transition point and the energies of the ground and the first excited states of the system. Here most of the predictions of the modified Brueckner–Sawada approximation are quite accurate. By a simple change in the Bassichis–Foldy model it is shown that even, for two bosons there can be a phase transition. In this model, the derivative of the ground state energy with respect to the coupling constant is discontinuous at the transition point.
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