Thermodynamics of the Bose-system with a small number of particles

A theoretical description of the interacting Bose-system is proposed. It is based on the extrapolation of the results obtained for the systems with a small number of particles N = 2, 3, 4 , etc. to the bulk case of N = ∞ . It is shown that already the system with N = 12, 13 behaves almost as a b...

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Date:2001
Main Authors: Vakarchuk, I.O., Rovenchak, A.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України 2001
Series:Condensed Matter Physics
Online Access:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/120419
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Journal Title:Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Cite this:Thermodynamics of the Bose-system with a small number of particles / I.O. Vakarchuk, A.A. Rovenchak // Condensed Matter Physics. — 2001. — Т. 4, № 3(27). — С. 431-447. — Бібліогр.: 21 назв. — англ.

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Summary:A theoretical description of the interacting Bose-system is proposed. It is based on the extrapolation of the results obtained for the systems with a small number of particles N = 2, 3, 4 , etc. to the bulk case of N = ∞ . It is shown that already the system with N = 12, 13 behaves almost as a bulk in a wide temperature range. Special attention is paid to the phase transition in these systems. The hard sphere potential is used in calculations. The sequence of heat capacity maxima is approximated as CmaxN / N ≃ 13.6 − aN⁻ε with ε = 0.0608 giving the value of bulk heat capacity as 13.6 while experimental value is close to 16. The temperature of λ -transition is estimated as 2.1–2.3 K versus experimental 2.17 K. Quite good qualitative and satisfactory quantitative agreement with the experimental data has been achieved.