Thermodynamic Properties of a q-Boson Gas Trapped in an n-Dimensional Harmonic Potential
Guozhen Su, Lixuan Chen, Jincan Chen
The thermodynamic properties of an ideal q-boson gas trapped in an n-dimensional harmonic potential are studied, based on the distribution function of q-bosons. The critical temperature Tc,q of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) and the heat capacity C of the system are derived analytically. It is shown that for the q-boson gas trapped in a harmonic potential, BEC may occur in any dimension when q ≠ 1, the critical temperature is always higher than that of an ordinary Bose gas (q = 1), and the heat capacity is continuous at Tc,q for a one-dimensional system but discontinuous at Tc,q for a two- or multi-dimensional system.
Open Systems & Information Dynamics•Jun 1, 2003•5 citations