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Bosons

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In this section, we study the characteristic properties of noninteracting bosons. We first calculate the pair distribution function in order to investigate correlation effects.

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  1. Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Strasse, 85747, Garching, Germany

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Schwabl, F. (2004). Bosons. In: Advanced Quantum Mechanics. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05418-5_3

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