Low-temperature thermal corrections to a superfluid's equation of state

TL;DR

This paper uses effective field theory to compute low-temperature thermal corrections to a superfluid's equation of state, confirming classic models and extending understanding to various limits and special cases.

Contribution

It provides a systematic calculation of thermal corrections using effective field theory, validating and extending previous models and results.

Findings

Confirmed the two-fluid model with effective field theory

Derived leading thermal corrections to thermodynamic quantities

Matched results with previous studies where applicable

Abstract

Using effective field theory methods, we calculate the low-temperature phonon thermal partition function for a generic superfluid, thus providing the leading thermal corrections to a superfluid's equation of state, thermodynamic quantities, and conserved currents. We confirm the correctness of the classic two-fluid model by matching to the effective field theory for that model. Where there is an overlap, our results agree with those of Carter and Langlois, which were derived by different methods. We also discuss generalizations and special cases, including the non-relativistic limit and the conformal superfluid.