We derive and analyze the coupled equations of quadratic approximation of the Bogoliubov model for a weakly interacting Bose gas. The first equation determines the condensate density as a variational parameter and ensures the minimum of the grand thermodynamic potential. The second one provides a relation between the total number of particles and chemical potential. Their consistent theoretical analysis is performed for a number of model interaction potentials including contact (local) and nonlocal interactions, where the latter provide nontrivial dependencies in momentum space. We demonstrate that the derived equations have no solutions for the local potential, although they formally reproduce the well-known results of the Bogoliubov approach. At the same time, it is shown that these equations have the solutions for physically relevant nonlocal potentials. We show that in the regimes close to experimental realizations with ultracold atoms, the contribution of the terms originating from the quadratic part of the truncated Hamiltonian to the chemical potential can be of the same order of magnitude as from its c-number part. Due to this fact, in particular, the spectrum of single-particle excitations in the quadratic approximation acquires a gap. The issue of the gap is also discussed.Re-examining the quadratic approximation ...

We obtain and justify a many-body Hamiltonian of pairwise interacting spin-1 atoms, which includes eight generators of the SU(3) group associated with spin and quadrupole degrees of freedom. It is shown that this Hamiltonian is valid for non-local interaction potential, whereas for local interaction specified by s-wave scattering length, the Hamiltonian should be bilinear in spin operators only (of the Heisenberg type). We apply the obtained Hamiltonian to study the ground-state properties and single-particle excitations of a weakly interacting gas of spin-1 atoms with Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) taking into account the quadrupole degrees of freedom. It is shown that the system under consideration can be in ferromagnetic, quadrupole, and paramagnetic phases. The corresponding phase diagram is constructed and discussed. The main characteristics such as the density of the grand thermodynamic potential, condensate density, and single-particle excitation spectra modified by quadrupole degrees of freedom are determined in different phases.

We theoretically study a weakly interacting gas of spin-1 atoms with Bose-Einstein condensate in external magnetic field within the Bogoliubov approach. To this end, in contrast to previous studies, we employ the general Hamiltonian, which includes both spin and quadrupole exchange interactions as well as the couplings of the spin and quadrupole moment with the external magnetic field (the linear and quadratic Zeeman terms). The latter is responsible for the emergence of the broken-axisymmetry state. We also reexamine ferromagnetic, quadrupolar, and paramagnetic states employing the proposed Hamiltonian. For all magnetic states, we find the relevant thermodynamic characteristics such as magnetization, quadrupole moment, thermodynamic potential. We also obtain three-branch excitation spectrum of the broken-axisymmetry state. We show that this state can be prepared at three different regimes of applied magnetic field. Finally, we present the magnetic state diagrams for each regime of realizing the broken-axisymmetry state.

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.