The equilibrium thermodynamic conditions obeyed by a pion condensed system are given. These include the statement that the average spatial currents of conserved quantities must always vanish in the state of lowest free energy, even for π^- condensation into a running-wave mode. The physical significance of pion-condensation thresholds is also discussed.
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Gordon Baym (1973) studied this question.
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