Expectation values in the Lieb-Liniger Bose gas

Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Nov 20;103(21):210404. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.210404. Epub 2009 Nov 20.

Abstract

We present a novel method to compute expectation values in the Lieb-Liniger model both at zero and finite temperature. These quantities, relevant in the physics of one-dimensional ultracold Bose gases, are expressed by a series that has a remarkable behavior of convergence. Among other results, we show the computation of the three-body expectation value at finite temperature, a quantity that rules the recombination rate of the Bose gas.