THERMODYNAMICAL PROPERTIES OF A TRAPPED INTERACTING BOSE GAS
THERMODYNAMICAL PROPERTIES OF A TRAPPED INTERACTING BOSE GAS
The thermodynamical properties of interacting Bose atoms in a harmonic potential are studied within the mean-field approximation. For weak interactions, the quantum statistics is equivalent to an ideal gas in an effective mean-field potential. The eigenvalue of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation is identified as the chemical potential of the ideal gas. …