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The properties of a perfect Einstein-Bose gas at low temperatures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

R. H. Fowler  and
H. Jones
R. H. Fowler
Affiliation:
Trinity College
H. Jones
Affiliation:
Trinity College
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In a recent letter to Nature F. London(3) has called attention to a discontinuity in the derivative dCV/dT of the specific heat with respect to temperature which arises in a perfect Einstein-Bose gas at low temperatures. When discussing the properties of a perfect gas satisfying the Bose statistics, Einstein(1) remarked that at low temperatures something resembling a condensed phase should appear. The temperature at which this condensation should begin is given by the equation

where n is the number of particles of mass m per unit volume and the other symbols have their usual significance.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , October 1938 , pp. 573 - 576
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1938

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