Momentum Distribution in the Unitary Bose Gas from First Principles

We consider a realistic bosonic N-particle model with unitary interactions relevant for Efimov physics. Using quantum Monte Carlo methods, we find that the critical temperature for Bose-Einstein condensation is decreased with respect to the ideal Bose gas. We also determine the full momentum distrib...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 2016-11, Vol.117 (22), p.225301-225301, Article 225301
Hauptverfasser: Comparin, Tommaso, Krauth, Werner
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We consider a realistic bosonic N-particle model with unitary interactions relevant for Efimov physics. Using quantum Monte Carlo methods, we find that the critical temperature for Bose-Einstein condensation is decreased with respect to the ideal Bose gas. We also determine the full momentum distribution of the gas, including its universal asymptotic behavior, and compare this crucial observable to recent experimental data. Similar to the experiments with different atomic species, differentiated solely by a three-body length scale, our model only depends on a single parameter. We establish a weak influence of this parameter on physical observables. In current experiments, the thermodynamic instability of our model from the atomic gas towards an Efimov liquid could be masked by the dynamical instability due to three-body losses.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.225301