Nonuniversal Equation of State of the Two-Dimensional Bose Gas

L Salasnich1

  • 1Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Galileo Galilei," Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia (CNISM), Unità di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy, and Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO) del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Nello Carrara 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.

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