Study of a simple equation that describes the ground-state energy of a Bose gas at low and high density and in dimensions one, two and three

Elliott Lieb (Princeton U)

Mar 16. 2023, 16:15 — 17:15

I will start with a quick review of the simple equation derived in 1963 to calculate the ground state energy E of a dilute Bose gas with 2-body repulsive interactions. It yielded the famous LHY second order term for E.  Beyond that it has been recently been shown to agree remarkably well with Monte Carlo calculations in 3 dimensions for ALL densities, revealing what might be  previously unsuspected changes at intermediate density.