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Quantum-Monte-Carlo Calculations for Bosons in a Two-Dimensional Harmonic Trap
Physics Department Faculty Publication Series
  • Stefan Heinrichs, University of Konstanz
  • William J. Mullin, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Publication Date
1998
Abstract

Path-Integral-Monte-Carlo simulation has been used to calculate the properties of a two-dimensional (2D) interacting Bose system. The bosons interact with hard-core potentials and are confined to a harmonic trap. Results for the density profiles, the condensate fraction, and the superfluid density are presented. By comparing with the ideal gas we easily observe the effects of finite size and the depletion of the condensate because of interactions. The system is known to have no phase transition to a Bose-Einstein condensation in 2D, but the finite system shows that a significant fraction of the particles are in the lowest state at low temperatures.

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This paper was harvested from ArXiv.org and ArXiv identifier is arXiv:9807331v1
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Stefan Heinrichs and William J. Mullin. "Quantum-Monte-Carlo Calculations for Bosons in a Two-Dimensional Harmonic Trap" (1998)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/william_mullin/41/