Abstract The Hartree–Fock–Popov theory of interacting Bose particles in a uniform space is generalized to the interacting boson system in three-dimensional isotropic harmonic traps. At finite temperature T , we find that the Bose condensation of nonideal bosons in three-dimensional isotropic harmonic traps is the two-step condensation. In other words, for a fixed particle number there are two transition temperatures. The first transition temperature is the standard critical temperature . The second transition temperature is the critical temperature , which is smaller than and is determined by the minimum of the curve of condensate fraction versus temperature. The boson system undergoes a first-order phase transition from the normal state to the Bose condensed state.
Abstract The Hartree–Fock–Popov theory of interacting Bose particles in a uniform space is generalized to the interacting boson system in three-dimensional isotropic harmonic traps. At finite temperature T , we find that the Bose condensation of nonideal bosons in three-dimensional isotropic harmonic traps is the two-step condensation. In other words, for a fixed particle number there are two transition temperatures. The first transition temperature is the standard critical temperature . The second transition temperature is the critical temperature , which is smaller than and is determined by the minimum of the curve of condensate fraction versus temperature. The boson system undergoes a first-order phase transition from the normal state to the Bose condensed state.
The fact that two-dimensional interacting trapped systems do not undergo Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) in the thermodynamic limit, though rigorously proved, is somewhat mysterious because all relevant limiting cases (zero temperature, small atom numbers, noninteracting particles) suggest otherwise. We study the possibility of condensation in finite trapped two-dimensional systems. We first consider the ideal gas, which incorporates the inhomogeneity and finite size of experimental systems and can be solved exactly. A semiclassical self-consistent approximation gives us a feel for the temperature scales; diagonalization of the one-body density matrix confirms that the condensation is into a single state. We squeeze a three-dimensional system and see how it crosses over into two dimensions. Mean-field theory, our main tool for the study of interacting systems, prescribes coupled equations for the condensate and the thermal cloud: the condensate receives a full quantum-mechanical treatment, while the noncondensate is described by different schemes of varying sophistication. We analyze the T = 0 case and its approach to the thermodynamic limit, finding a criterion for the dimensionality crossover and obtaining the coupling constant of the two-dimensional system that results from squeezing a three-dimensional trap. We next apply a semiclassical Hartree-Fock approximation to purely two-dimensional finite gases and find that they can be described either with or without a condensate; this continues to be true in the thermodynamic limit. The condensed solutions have a lower free energy at all temperatures but neglect the presence of phonons within the system and cease to exist when we allow for this possibility. The uncondensed solutions, in turn, are valid under a more rigorous scheme but have consistency problems of their own. Path-integral Monte Carlo simulations provide an essentially exact description of finite interacting gases and enable us to study highly anisotropic systems at finite temperature. We find that our two-dimensional Hartree-Fock solutions accurately mimic the surface density profile and predict the condensate fraction of these systems; the equivalent interaction parameter is smaller than that dictated by the T = 0 analysis. We conclude that, in two-dimensional isotropic finite trapped systems and in highly compressed three-dimensional gases, there is a phenomenon resembling a condensation into a single state.
The chemical potential and its differential coefficients as a function of temperature of an ideal system trapped in three dimensions isotropic harmonic traps with an finite number of particles were calcu- lated from the statistical theory.The results show that,there is no phase transition in a system with an finite number of particles,but the Bose-Einstein condensation occurs at a finite temperature.The critical temperatures were well defined by the minimum temperatures of the second derivative of chemical potential, which were in good agreement with the experimental results.
Abstract We study a three-dimensional Bose–Einstein condensate in an isotropic harmonic trapping potential with an additional delta-correlated disorder potential and investigate the emergence of a Bose-glass phase for increasing disorder strength. At zero temperature a first-order quantum phase transition from the superfluid phase to the Bose-glass phase is detected at a critical disorder strength, which agrees with the findings in the literature. Afterwards, we study the interplay between temperature and disorder fluctuations on the respective components of the particle density. In particular, we find for smaller disorder strengths that a superfluid region, a Bose-glass region, and a thermal region coexist. Furthermore, depending on the respective system parameters, three phase transitions are detected, namely, one from the superfluid to the Bose-glass phase, another one from the Bose-glass to the thermal phase, and finally one from the superfluid to the thermal phase. All these results are obtained by extending a quite recent Hartree–Fock mean-field theory for the dirty boson problem, which is based on the replica method, from the homogeneous case to a harmonic confinement.
Motivated by quantum statistical mechanics, we propose an accurate analytical solution to the problem of Bose–Einstein condensation (BEC) of ideal bosons in a two-dimensional anisotropic harmonic trap. The study reveals that the number of noncondensed bosons is characterized by an analytical function, which relates to a series expansion of q-digamma functions in mathematics. The q-digamma function is a function of temperature, boson number, and anisotropic parameter. The analytical solution describes fully the experimental results of the BEC of ideal bosons in a two-dimensional anisotropic harmonic trap. We derive the analytical expressions of the critical temperature and the condensate fraction in the thermodynamic limit. The first main conclusion is that for a fixed temperature and boson number, there is a critical anisotropic parameter, which is the precise onset of BEC in this harmonically trapped two-dimensional system. The second main conclusion is that the critical temperature in a two-dimensional anisotropic harmonic trap is larger than that in a two-dimensional isotropic harmonic trap.
We investigate condensation and finite-temperature magnetic phase transitions in a coherently (Rabi) coupled Bose gas confined in a three-dimensional harmonic trap. For the noninteracting system, we derive analytical expressions for the critical temperature and condensate fraction using a semiclassical description of the single-particle spectrum and density of states. At fixed particle number, coherent coupling enhances the critical temperature relative to the uncoupled system, and this enhancement decreases with increasing particle number N. The finite-size correction, in contrast, lowers the transition temperature, with its effect diminishing for larger N. We then incorporate repulsive interactions within the Hartree--Fock--Bogoliubov--Popov framework to investigate the finite-temperature phase diagram in the temperature--Rabi coupling plane. The system undergoes successive transitions from a ferromagnetic to a paramagnetic condensate and, at higher temperature, to a thermal gas. The transition boundaries obtained from the vanishing of the condensate fraction show excellent agreement with the analytical Hartree-Fock predictions. We find that the interactions substantially suppress the variation in the condensation temperature with an increase in the coherent coupling.
We study the thermodynamic behavior of an ideal gas of bosons trapped in a three-dimensional anisotropic harmonic-oscillator potential. The condensate fraction as well as the specific heat is calculated using the Euler-Maclaurin approximation. For a finite number of particles there is no phase transition, but there is a well-defined temperature at which the condensation starts. We also consider condensation in lower dimensions, and, for one-dimensional systems, we discuss the dependence of the condensate fraction and heat capacity on the ensemble used.