Statistical Mechanics of Rotating Quantum Liquids

Abstract

The statistical physics of rotating fluids is discussed with particular emphasis on the rules for taking the thermodynamic limit of infinite size. The thermodynamics of a rotating ideal Bose liquid is explicitly worked out. It is found that the rotating ideal Bose liquid undergoes a Bose-Einstein condensation; however, the first-order phase transitions predicted by Blatt and Butler are not present when the thermodynamic limit is properly taken.