Thermodynamics of a weakly interacting Bose gas above the transition temperature

Abstract

We study thermodynamic properties of weakly interacting Bose gases above the transition temperature of Bose–Einstein condensation in the framework of a thermodynamic perturbation theory. Cases of local and non-local interactions between particles are analyzed both analytically and numerically. We obtain and compare the temperature dependencies for the chemical potential, entropy, pressure, and specific heat to those of noninteracting gases. The results set reliable benchmarks for thermodynamic characteristics and their asymptotic behavior in dilute atomic and molecular Bose gases above the transition temperature.