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We have made a detailed study of scaling in the ideal Bose gas in order to resolve the apparent inconsistencies that occur in the scaling laws when the dimensionality of the system is greater than four. We have found that there are not one, but two critical exponents associated with the specific heat singularity that appear in the scaling laws. We have proposed a modification of the scaling laws which is correct in any dimension.
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Work partially supported by the Cornell University Materials Science Center and the National Science Foundation.
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Hall, C.K. Scaling in the ideal Bose gas. J Stat Phys 13, 157–172 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01221376
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