arXiv · cond-mat/0412512
Transition from Bose-Einstein Condensate to Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Phase
Abstract
We obtain a phase diagram for a trapped two-dimensional ultra-cold Bose gas. We find a critical temperature above which the free energy of a state with a pair of vortices of opposite circulation is lower than the one for a vortex-free Bose-Einstein condensed ground state. We identify three distinct phases which are, in order of increasing temperature; a phase coherent Bose-Einstein condensate, a vortex pair plasma with a fluctuating condensate phase, and a thermal Bose gas. The existence of the vortex pair phase could be verified using current experimental setups.
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T. P. Simula, M. D. Lee, D. A. W. Hutchinson. 2005-07-01. Transition from Bose-Einstein Condensate to Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Phase. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500830500256587
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