Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics, and Quantum Mechanics

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THERMODYNAMICS AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS 181

Letting we rewrite(S.4.70.3) as

(S.4.70.4)defines aparametric equation for thechemical potential The
decrease ofvolume (ortemperature)willincrease the value of theintegral,
and therefore thevalue of (which is always negative inBosestatistics) will
increase. Thecritical parameters or correspond to the point where
(i.e., if you decreasethe volume or temperature anyfurther, should
increase evenfurther to provide asolution to(S.4.70.4),whereas it cannot
becomepositive). So we canwrite at acertain temperature:

Therefore,

b) In two dimensions the integral(S.4.70.3) becomes

and there is noBose condensation(seeProblem4.71).

4.71 Bose Condensation (Princeton, Stony Brook)


For Boseparticles,

where is thetemperature inenergyunits. The total number ofparticles
in a Bose distribution is


Substituting into the
integralgives
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