Path-integral approach to the thermodynamics of bosons with memory: Partition function and specific heat
arXiv:2109.00349 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.104.023322
Abstract
For a system of bosons that interact through a class of general memory kernels, a recurrence relation for the partition function is derived within the path-integral formalism. This approach provides a generalization to previously known treatments in the literature of harmonically coupled systems of identical particles. As an example the result is applied to the specific heat of a simplified model of an open quantum system of bosons, harmonically coupled to a reservoir of distinguishable fictitious masses.
arXiv comment19 pages, 3 figures
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