Transition from the Bose–Einstein condensate to the Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless phase
2005
We obtain a phase diagram for a trapped two-dimensional ultracold Bose gas. We find a critical temperature above which the free energy of a state with a pair of vortices of opposite circulation is lower than that for a vortex-free Bose–Einstein condensed ground state. We identify three distinct phases which are, in order of increasing temperature, a phase coherent Bose–Einstein condensate, a vortex pair plasma with a fluctuating condensate phase, and a thermal Bose gas. The existence of the vortex pair phase could be verified using current experimental set-ups.
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