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Speculations on Bose-Einstein Condensation and Quantum Crystals

Geoffrey V. Chester
- 01 Jul 1970 - 
- Vol. 2, Iss: 1, pp 256-258
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In this paper, it was shown that there exist many-body states of a system of interacting bosons which exhibit both crystalline order and Bose-Einstein condensation into the zero-momentum eigenstate of the single-particle density matrix.
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It is shown, by almost rigorous arguments, that there exist many-body states of a system of interacting bosons which exhibit both crystalline order and Bose-Einstein condensation into the zero-momentum eigenstate of the single-particle density matrix. The implications of this result are discussed in relation to theories of superfluidity and the nature of quantum crystals.

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