Density fluctuations in uniform quantum gases

Abstract

Analytical expressions are given for the static structure factor S(k) and the pair correlation function g(r) for uniform ideal Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac gases for all temperatures. In the vicinity of Bose Einstein condensation (BEC) temperature, g(r) becomes long ranged and remains so in the condensed phase. In the dilute gas limit, g(r) of bosons & fermions do not coincide with Maxwell-Boltzmann gas but exhibit bunching & anti-bunching effect respectively. The width of these functions depends on the temperature and is scaled as √ (inverse atomic mass). Our numerical results provide the precise quantitative values of suppression/increase (antibunching and bunching) of the density fluctuations at small distances in ideal quantum gases in qualitative agreement with the experimental observation for almost non-trapped dilute gases. © 2011 American Institute of Physics.