Nonanalyticities of thermodynamic functions in finite noninteracting Bose gases within an exact microcanonical ensemble

Journal Article · Wed Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics (Print)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVE.83.061135· OSTI ID:21554513

Huiyi, Tang; Yongli, Ma ^[1]

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1. State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 (China)

Within an exact microcanonical (MC) ensemble, we study the nonanalyticities of thermodynamic functions research in finite noninteracting Bose gases in traps. The results show that there exists a rich oscillatory behavior of MC thermodynamical quantities as a function of a system's total energy E (e.g., nonmonotonous temperature, nonanalytic and negative specific heats, and microscopic phase transitions). The origin of these nonanalyticities comes directly from the inverted curvature entropy S(E) with respect to E and the behaviors are different in different trap geometries, boundary conditions, and energy spectrum configurations. Contrary to the usual grandcanonical and canonical results, there exists Bose condensation and the nonanalyticities in the two-dimensional finite noninteracting Bose systems with different traps. We also discuss the critical temperature dependence on the particle number N with different ensembles, traps, and boundary conditions. In large enough N, almost all the results of the thermodynamical quantities become smooth, which are similar to the usual canonical behaviors. We emphasize the finite-size effects on the MC entropy change, which should, in principle, be observable in suitably designed experiments of the small systems.

• OSTI ID: 21554513
• Journal Information: Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics (Print), Journal Name: Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics (Print) Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 83; ISSN 1539-3755
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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