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The Bose-Einstein statistics of particles, with special reference to the case of low temperatures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

R. B. Dingle
R. B. Dingle
Affiliation:
Royal Society Mond LaboratoryCambridge
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In this paper, it has been shown that the usual demonstrations of the phenomenon of Bose-Einstein condensation are invalid. Exact formal solutions have been derived for the partition functions and the mean occupation numbers in classical and Bose statistics, and the theory of fluctuations in the case of Bose statistics has been given.

In a second paper, convenient approximations will be derived for the mean occupation numbers in Bose statistics, and it will be shown that for temperatures well above the critical temperature of the supposed Bose-Einstein condensation the well-known result for the mean occupation numbers is valid, whilst for temperatures rather lower than this critical value it will be shown that particles will condense into the lowest available state. The critical temperature T0 is given by where the summation is over all energy levels except the lowest.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , April 1949 , pp. 275 - 287
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1949

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