On the theory of ideal Bose-gas at a finite particle number

Abstract

The ideal Bose-gas with finite number $N$ of particles is investigated. The exact expressions for the partition functions and occupation numbers in the grand canonical, canonical and microcanonical ensembles are found. The asymp\-totic expressions (in the case $N\gg1$) for the partition functions and occupation numbers in the canonical and microcanonical ensembles are evaluated. It is shown that the chemical potential $\mu$ of the ideal Bose-gas can lie in the range $-\infty<\mu<\infty$ oppositely to the widely adopted opinion that the value of this potential is negative.