The thermodynamic properties of a Bose gas of particles with nonzero spin and magnetic moment in states with and without a Bose-Einstein condensate are studied as a function of the external magnetic field. It is shown that there exists a temperature interval where a transition into a state with a Bose-Einstein condensate occurs in a Bose gas with constant temperature and particle number density when the magnetic field is increasing and reaches a critical magnitude. The temperature and magnetic field derivatives of the specific heat at constant volume and the magnetic susceptibility undergo a jump at such a transition.
The statistical mechanics of a system of non-relativistic charged particles in a constant magnetic field is discussed. The spatial dimension
D is arbitrary with
D≥3 assumed. Calculations are presented from first principles using the effective action method. For
D≥5 the system has a phase transition with a Bose condensate. We show how the effective action method method deals with in a very natural way with the condensate and study it's rôle in the magnetization of the gas. For large values of the magnetic field we show how the magnetized gas in
D spatial dimensions behaves like the free Bose gas in
(D−2) spatial dimensions. Even though for D=3 the magnetized gas does not have a phase transition for any non-zero value of the magnetic field, we show how the specific heat starts to resemble the result for the free gas as the magnetic field is reduced. A number of analytical approximations for the magnetization and specific heat are given and compared with numerical results. In this way we are able to study in precise detail how the
B→0 limit of the magnetized gas is achieved.
The magnetic properties of charged vector boson gas are studied in the very weak, and very strong (near critical value) external magnetic field limits. When the density of the vector boson gas is low, or when the external field is strong, no true Bose–Einstein condensation occurs, though significant amount of bosons will accumulate in the ground state. The gas is ferromagnetic in nature at low temperature. However, Bose–Einstein condensation of vector bosons (scalar bosons as well) is likely to occur in the presence of a uniform weak magnetic field when the gas density is sufficiently high. A transitional density depending on the magnetic field seems to exist below which the vector boson gas changes its property with respect to the Bose–Einstein condensation in a uniform magnetic field.