
arXiv: 1301.5362
In this work we analyze a non--interacting one dimensional polymer Bose--Einstein condensate in an harmonic trap within the semiclassical approximation. We use an effective Hamiltonian coming from the polymer quantization that arises in loop quantum gravity. We calculate the number of particles in order to obtain the critical temperature. The Bose--Einstein functions are replaced by series, whose high order terms are related to powers of the polymer length. It is shown that the condensation temperature presents a shift respect to the standard case, for small values of the polymer scale. In typical experimental conditions, it is possible to establish a bound for $λ^{2}$ up to $ \lesssim 10 ^{-16}$m$^2$. To improve this bound we should decrease the frequency of the trap and also decrease the number of particles.
Statistical mechanics of polymers, FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Statistical mechanics of polymers, FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
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