Physica Scripta
Thermodynamic properties of condensates with spin- f atoms ( f ≥ 1 ) in the neighborhood of zero temperature
Y. Z. He, Yimin Liu, Bao Cheng-guang, Zhibing Li
Abstract
Abstract When the Hamiltonian of a condensate containing spin- f bosons is dominated by attractive singlet pairing interaction with the strength − ∣G 0∣ and when the temperature T is in the neighborhood of zero, the many-body Schrödinger equation can be exactly solved. Based on the complete and exact spectra the thermodynamic properties of these systems different in particle number N and f have been studied. The variation of the function ∂ C ∂ x against x is firstly studied, where C is the capacity, x ≡ lg(k B T/∣G 0∣), and k B is the Boltzmann constant. It was found that the variation can be divided into four stages. In the very narrow first stage, ∂ C ∂ x appears as a sharp peak. The second stage is broad where ∂ C ∂ x = 0 . The third stage is also very narrow where ∂ C ∂ x appears as a sharp anti-peak. In the fourth stage, ∂ C ∂ x becomes zero again. All the thermodynamic functions: the internal energy, the capacity, and the entropy vary accordingly. How these functions are affected by N, f , and ∣G 0∣ in each stage has been clarified. The spin-thermodynamics would replace the traditional thermodynamics in the neighborhood of zero temperature, where the spin degrees of freedom play an essential role.