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Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

The relativistic Bose gas

C. A. A. de Carvalho, S. Goulart Rosa

Published Oct 1, 1980• 28 citations
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Abstract

The quantum statistical mechanics of an ideal relativistic Bose gas of massive particles is discussed. The thermodynamic functions of the system are obtained from the exact expression for the logarithm of the grand partition function. The correct procedure for carrying out the non-relativistic and ultra-relativistic limits is presented. The limitations and errors of previous calculations which relied on the binomial expansion of the density of states are pointed out. It is shown that the behaviour of the system in the limit of zero temperature is dominated by the non-relativistic effects.

DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/13/10/020

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Expressions based on a recently proposed approximate density of states function are derived for thermodynamic functions of an ideal relativistic Bose gas in d dimensions. The results obtained are compared with those found using the exact density of states and agreement is found to be good in the three-dimensional case but less good in higher dimensions. It is noted that, in the extreme relativistic and non-relativistic limits, results agree exactly and, in the vicinity of the state of zero kinetic energy, the two densities of states exhibit smaller behaviour. Mention is made also of the application of this approximate density of states function to a consideration of the ideal relativistic Fermi gas.
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