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We examine the possibility of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in two-dimensional (2D) system of interacting particles in a trap. We use a self-consistent mean-field theory of Bose particles interacting by a contact interaction in the Popov and WKB approximations. The equations show that the normal state has a phase transition at some critical temperature T c but below T c the Bose-Einstein condensed state is not a consistent solution of the equations in the thermodynamic limit. This result agrees with a theorem recently discussed by the author that shows that a BEC state is impossible for an interacting gas in a 2D trap in the thermodynamic limit.
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Mullin, W.J. A Study of Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Two-Dimensional Trapped Gas. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 110, 167–172 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022587322662
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