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arXiv:hep-ph/0501094

Relativistic Bose gases at finite density

Jens O. Andersen

Published Jan 12, 2005• 3 citations
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Abstract

We consider a massive relativistic Bose gas with $N$ complex scalars at finite density. At zero temperature, we calculate the pressure, charge density and the speed of sound in the one-loop approximation. In the nonrelativistic limit, we obtain the classic results for the dilute Bose gas. We also discuss finite-temperature effects. In particular, we consider the problem of calculating the critical temperature for Bose-Einstein condensation. Dimensional reduction and effective-field-theory methods are used to perturbatively calculate the effects of the nonstatic Matsubara modes. Calculations of $T_c$ in the effective 3d theory require nonperturbative methods. Using the Monte Carlo simulations of X. Sun [Phys. Rev. {\bf E67}, 066702 (2003)] and the seven-loop variational perturbation theory (VPT) calculations of B. Kastening [Phys. Rev. {\bf A70}, 043621 (2004)], we obtain $T_c$ for N=2 to second order in the interaction.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0501094

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