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The Physics of Fluids

Simple and Generalized Condensation in Many-Boson Systems

Marvin D. Girardeau

Published Nov 1, 1962• 42 citations
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Abstract

The ground state of a system of interacting Bose particles is examined by a pair-correlation variational method based on exact eigenstates of the total particle number, without assuming macroscopic occupation of the single-particle state k = 0 (``simple'' Bose condensation). Known results are recovered in the case of repulsive interactions of weak and intermediate strengths, where the ground state does in fact exhibit simple condensation. But it is shown that in the case of weak attractive interactions the ground state exhibits ``generalized'' condensation, in which a finite fraction of particles have momenta which are macroscopically negligible, but no one single-particle state is macroscopically occupied. A weak-coupling expansion is derived for the ground-state energy in this case, the leading term of which is three times as low as that of the state one would obtain in the case of simple condensation. By the use of a pseudopotential, this result is adapted to the case of a strongly interacting system with a small negative scattering length α and fixed low density ρ, giving E0/n=−(6π ℏ2 ρ | α | /m)[1−(128/45) π−1/2(ρ | α | 3)1/2+…]. The relationships between equilibrium density, ground-state energy, and sound velocity predicted by this expression are in order-of-magnitude agreement with those obtaining for liquid He4.

DOI
10.1063/1.1706546

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The ground state of a system of interacting Bose particles is examined by a pair-correlation variational method based on exact eigenstates of the total particle number, without assuming macroscopic occupation of the single-particle state k = 0 (simple'' Bose condensation). Known results are recovered in the case of repulsive interactions of weak and intermediate strengths, where the ground state does in fact exhibit simple condensation. But it is shown that in the case of weak attractive interactions the ground state exhibits generalized'' condensation, in which a finite fraction of particles have momenta which are macroscopically negligible, but no one single-particle state is macroscopically occupied. A weak-coupling expansion is derived for the ground-state energy in this case, the leading term of which is three times as low as that of the state one would obtain in the case of simple condensation. By the use of a pseudopotential, this result is adapted to the case of a strongly interacting system with a small negative scattering length α and fixed low density ρ, giving E0/n=−(6π ℏ2 ρ | α | /m)[1−(128/45) π−1/2(ρ | α | 3)1/2+…]. The relationships between equilibrium density, ground-state energy, and sound velocity predicted by this expression are in order-of-magnitude agreement with those obtaining for liquid He4.
The ground state energy of the Bose particle system at low densities is investigated by using the method which is based on summing up the terms of the conventional perturbation series giving rise to the lowest order with respect to the density. The summation is shown to be greatly simplified if the scattering matrix is introduced, and a simple example is demonstrated for the repulsive square well potential by calculating a few terms of the series first directly and secondly with the aid of scattering matrix. The final result is shown to be valid both for weak and strong interactions and the calculation is carried out analytically for some types of potential function. The connection of the present method with the pseudopotential method and with the Brueckner theory is investigated and some problems associated with the attractive interactions are discussed.
An exact expression for the single-particle reduced density matrix of a translationally invariant system of bosons is obtained, as an average of a functional of the density and current operators. An approximation scheme, based on small fluctuations in density and current, is used in its lowest order, to approximate the single-particle reduced density matrix and the condensate density by a functional of the structure factor, which is a measurable quantity. This is done for the ground state and for finite temperatures. The resulting expressions for the condensate density are discussed. For the ideal gas the result is correct below the condensation temperature. For the case of an interacting liquid, Bose-Einstein condensation exists, in the ground states for two- and three-dimensional systems, and for finite temperatures it does exist only in three dimensions. The present experimental knowledge of the structure factor enables only a crude estimate of the condensed fraction which is found to be 0.1-0.2.
The competition between particle and pair condensation in Bose liquids is studied using a mean field variational ground state that comprises both the Bogoliubov approximation for weakly interacting Bose gases and the Valatin-Butler pair state. We first consider structureless bosons, disregarding the fact that an attractive gas will necessarily collapse. We show that a pair state occurs only if the attraction is strong enough to bind two bosons together. The limit of low densities is treated exactly. At higher density, we use a separable interaction model and we show that the pairs dissociate at a critical density Nc (where their ionization gap vanishes). Past that threshold, ordinary particle condensation sets in. In order to cure collapse, we consider bosons with an internal spin structure : the interaction is binding in some states, repulsive on the average. Taking spin 1 particles as an example, we repeat the previous analysis, and we substantiate its conclusions while retaining a positive compressibility. In the pair regime the ground state is isotropic (singlet pairs). Past the dissociation threshold, an anisotropic one particle condensate appears. We show that it is linearly polarized (in an arbitrary direction), and non fragmented. We discuss briefly its physical properties, and we suggest that the transition from pair to particle condensation might be first order.
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A many-boson model is formulated and expressions for its exact eigenstates and energies are obtained for both an arbitrary finite and an infinite number of bosons. The Hamiltonian of the model contains interactions between bosons whose momenta have equal magnitudes but opposite directions. The matrix elements of this interaction are taken to be a constant over a range of momenta surrounding k = 0. The ground state of the 2N-particle system is shown to be a product of N pair-creation operators acting on the vacuum state. Each of these pair-creation operators depends upon one of N parameters which are called pair energies. The N pair energies are shown to satisfy a coupled system of nonlinear algebraic equations. The energy of the state is the sum of the pair energies and the occupation probabilities of the single-particle levels are given as simple functions of the pair energies. Similar results are derived for the excited states of the system and for the states of an odd number of particles. These results are valid for both a repulsive and an attractive interaction, since they only depend upon the form of the interaction. The equations are solved algebraically for two model systems. The first of these is one whose single-particle kinetic energy takes on only one value. The equations for this system are solved for an arbitrary interaction strength and it is shown that the pair energies are proportional to the zeros of certain Laguerre polynomials. The second system is one in which the single-particle kinetic energy can take on two values. The equations for this system are solved in the strong repulsive-interaction limit and it is shown that the pair energies are proportional to the zeros of certain Jacobi polynomials. The excitation energies of this second system are shown to be proportional to 1/n and the occupations of the two single-particle levels in the ground state are shown to be proportional to n, where n is the total number of particles. For a repulsive interaction and an arbitrary single-particle spectrum, the algebraic equations for the pair energies are converted into an approximate integral equation for the density of roots which is accurate to order 1/n. This integral equation is solved for a strong interaction which, in the context of this model, means an interaction whose strength is greater than a constant times 1/V⅔ in the limit of a large volume. From this solution, the following results are obtained: (1) the lowest two single-particle levels have occupations of order n; (2) the excitation spectrum is that of a set of noninteracting quasiparticles; and (3) the quasiparticle spectrum has two zeros corresponding to the lowest two single-particle levels. Apart from the presence of two zeros, the quasiparticle spectrum does not differ significantly from that of the noninteracting particles.