In this paper we suggest a new ground-state wave function and low-temperature density matrix for a strongly interacting system of bosons. Our basic assumption is that the system can support long-wavelength phonons and that these can propagate independently of any other mode of motion. We therefore write the ground-state function as the product of two factors. One factor arises from the zero-point motion of the phonons, and we show that it has the form ${\ensuremath{\Pi}}_{i<j}f({r}_{\mathrm{ij}})$, where
lnf(r) has an infinite range. The other factor is assumed to have this same form but with
lnf(r) of finite range; it takes into account the short-range correlations arising from the strong repulsive part of the interparticle potential. The function we have chosen to represent the short-range correlations is not new; functions of this kind were first introduced by Bijl and later by Jastrow. At finite temperatures we use a density matrix for an ensemble of excited phonon states. We find that for small wave vectors
k, the structure factor
S(k) is equal to $\frac{\ensuremath{\hbar}k}{2mc}$, a result that was first derived by Feynman. At a finite temperature
T,
S(k) tends to the constant value
mc2kBT, where
m is the mass of the particles and
c the velocity of propagation of the phonons. The momentum distribution
nk has a ${k}^{\ensuremath{-}1}$ singularity at absolute zero and a stronger, ${k}^{\ensuremath{-}2}$ singularity at finite temperatures. The small-
k behavior of both
S(k) and
nk is completely controlled by the correlations introduced by the phonons. Both the ground-state function and the density matrix imply that there is a finite fraction of particles in the zero-momentum state in three dimensions; this fraction does not seem to be appreciably affected by the infinite-range correlations introduced by the phonons. We find, however, that these correlations imply that a one-dimensional Bose system does not exhibit Bose-Einstein condensation at any temperature, while a two-dimensional system exhibits Bose-Einstein condensation only at absolute zero.
The momentum distribution ${\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{n}}_{p}$ of atoms in a Bose-condensed system is computed in the long-wavelength limit $p\ensuremath{\rightarrow}0$. We use frequency-moment sum rules for the single-particle Green's function, including a generalized version of Wagner's sum rule appropriate to hard-core potentials. We show that at finite temperatures ($\mathrm{cp}\ensuremath{\ll}{k}_{B}T$) the correction to ${\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{n}}_{p}=\frac{{n}_{0}{m}^{2}}{{\ensuremath{\rho}}_{s}{p}^{2}}$ involves the off-diagonal self-energy ${\ensuremath{\Sigma}}_{+\ensuremath{-}}(\stackrel{\ensuremath{\rightarrow}}{\mathrm{p}},\ensuremath{\omega}=0)$. In calculating ${\stackrel{\ifmmode \tilde{}\else \~{}\fi{}}{n}}_{p}$ in the limit $\mathrm{cp}\ensuremath{\gg}{k}_{B}T$, we include first-sound as well as second-sound contributions.
The dynamic structure factor of a trapped Bose-Einstein condensed gas is investigated at zero temperature in the framework of Bogoliubov theory. Different values of momentum transfer are considered, ranging from the phonon to the single-particle regime. Various approximate schemes are discussed, including the local density approximation, where the system is locally described as a uniform gas, and the impulse approximation, in which the response is fixed by the momentum distribution of the condensate. A comprehensive approach, based on the eikonal expansion, is presented. The predictions of theory are successfully compared with the results of recent two-photon Bragg scattering experiments, at both low and high momentum transfer. Relevant features of the dynamic structure factor are also discussed using the formalism of sum rules and the concept of scaling. Particular emphasis is given to the regime of high momentum transfer, in which the dynamic structure factor is sensitive to the behavior of the order parameter in momentum space, and some instructive examples showing the consequence of long-range coherence are presented.
Through exact numerical solutions we show Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) for the one-dimensional (1D) bosons with repulsive short-range interactions at zero temperature by taking a particular large size limit. Following the Penrose-Onsager criterion of BEC, we define condensate fraction by the fraction of the largest eigenvalue of the one-particle reduced density matrix. % We show the finite-size scaling behavior such that condensate fraction is given by a scaling function of one-variable: interaction parameter multiplied by a power of particle number. Condensate fraction is nonzero and constant for any large value of particle number or system size, if the interaction parameter is proportional to the negative power of particle number. %Here the interaction parameter is defined by the coupling constant of the delta-function potentials devided by the density. %With the scaling behavior we derive various themodynamic limits where condensate fraction is constant for any large system size; for instance, it is the case even in the system of a finite particle number.
The model recently proposed in Ref.1 is used to derive linear integro– differential equations whose solutions provide reasonable estimates for the momentum distribution and condensate fraction in interacting many–boson system at zero temperature. An advantage of these equations is that they can be employed in the weak coupling regime and beyond. As an example, analytical treatment of the weak coupling case is given. PACS: 05.30.Jp, 67.90.+z A new way of investigating spatial particle correlations has recently been proposed for the many–boson system in the ground state [1]. It results in integro–differential equations for the pair distribution function. They accurately take into account the short–range boson correlations and, in the weak coupling regime, yield thermodynamics which reasonably agrees
In 1963, a Simple Approach was developed to study the ground state energy of an interacting Bose gas. It consists in the derivation of an Equation, which is not based on perturbation theory, and which gives the exact expansion of the energy at low densities. This Equation is expressed directly in the thermodynamic limit, and only involves functions of
3 variables, rather than
3N. Here, we revisit this approach, and show that the Equation yields accurate predictions for various observables for all densities. Specifically, in addition to the ground state energy, we have shown that the Simple Approach gives predictions for the condensate fraction, two-point correlation function, and momentum distribution. We have carried out a variety of tests by comparing the predictions of the Equation with Quantum Monte Carlo calculations, and have found remarkable agreement. We thus show that the Simple Approach provides a new theoretical tool to understand the behavior of the many-body Bose gas, not only in the small and large density ranges, which have been studied before, but also in the range of intermediate density, for which little is known.