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Phys. Rev. A 58, 3134–3137 (1998)

Bose-Einstein condensation in a two-dimensional, trapped, interacting gas

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M. Bayindir and B. Tanatar
Department of Physics, Bilkent University, Bilkent, 06533 Ankara, Turkey

Received 1 April 1998; published in the issue dated October 1998

We study the Bose-Einstein condensation phenomenon in a two-dimensional (2D) system of bosons subjected to a harmonic-oscillator-type confining potential. The interaction among the 2D bosons is described by a δ function in configuration space. Solving the Gross-Pitaevskii equation within the two-fluid model we calculate the condensate fraction, ground-state energy, and specific heat of the system. Our results indicate that interacting bosons have similar behavior to those of an ideal system for weak interactions.

© 1998 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.58.3134
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.58.3134
PACS:
03.75.Fi, 05.30.Jp, 67.40.Kh