  We show how the configuration-space form of the Bogoliubov ground state wave
function of a bosonic condensate with a single vortex in a harmonic trap can be
described in terms of bosonic Jastrow correlations. We then generalize this
result to study the first effects of such correlations on a mean-field vortex
lattice state and show that the included correlations lower the energy below
that of the mean-field state. Although the reduction is relatively small, it is
a precursor of the more general expected effect of correlations in describing
the melting of the vortex lattice at large angular momentum per particle.
