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The Bose-Einstein Condensation for Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field

M. F. M. Osborne

  • Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C.

Phys. Rev. 76, 400 – Published 1 August, 1949

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.76.400

Abstract

The condensation and accumulation phenomena of charged Bose-Einstein particles in a magnetic field are examined, neglecting electrostatic interactions. For weak fields a single condensation occurs at the same temperature as that for uncharged particles; for strong fields there is a separate lower accumulation temperature, indicating the accumulation of particles in the lowest translational state. The total energy, free energy, and polarization are calculated, and applied to the properties of a gas of electron pairs, and a solution of deuterons in a metal, these being systems whose low temperature behavior might show a Bose-Einstein condensation. It is shown that the Bose-Einstein condensation of free electron pairs cannot provide a theory of superconductivity.

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