28 research outputs found

    Multi-particle composites in density-imbalanced quantum fluids

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    We consider two-component one-dimensional quantum gases with density imbalance. While generically such fluids are two-component Luttinger liquids, we show that if the ratio of the densities is a rational number, p/q, and mass asymmetry between components is sufficiently strong, one of the two eigenmodes acquires a gap. The gapped phase corresponds to (algebraic) ordering of (p+q)-particle composites. In particular, for attractive mixtures, this implies that the superconducting correlations are destroyed. We illustrate our predictions by numerical simulations of the fermionic Hubbard model with hopping asymmetry.Comment: 4+ pages, 1 figure, published versio

    Luttinger liquid of trimers in Fermi gases with unequal masses

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    We investigate one dimensional attractive Fermi gases in spin-dependent optical lattices. We show that three-body bound states - "trimers" - exist as soon as the two tunneling rates are different. We calculate the binding energy and the effective mass of a single trimer. We then show numerically that for finite and commensurate densities n↑=n↓/2n_\uparrow=n_\downarrow/2 an energy gap appears, implying that the gas is a one-component Luttinger liquid of trimers with suppressed superfluid ordering. The boundaries of this novel phase are given. We discuss experimental situations to test our predictions.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. Final accepted versio

    Superfluid Interfaces in Quantum Solids

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    One scenario for the non-classical moment of inertia of solid He-4 discovered by Kim and Chan [Nature 427, 225 (2004)] is the superfluidity of micro-crystallite interfaces. On the basis of the most simple model of a quantum crystal--the checkerboard lattice solid--we show that the superfluidity of interfaces between solid domains can exist in a wide range of parameters. At strong enough inter-particle interaction, a superfluid interface becomes an insulator via a quantum phase transition. Under the conditions of particle-hole symmetry, the transition is of the standard U(1) universality class in 3D, while in 2D the onset of superfluidity is accompanied by the interface roughening, driven by fractionally charged topological excitations.Comment: 4 revtex4 page

    High Precision Measurement of the Thermal Exponent for the Three-Dimensional XY Universality Class

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    Simulations results are reported for critical point of the two-component ϕ4\phi^4 field theory. The correlation length exponent is measured to high precision with the result ν=0.6717(3)\nu=0.6717(3). This value is in agreement with recent simulation results [Campostrini \textit{et al}., Phys. Rev. B \textbf{63}, 214503 (2001)], and marginally agrees with the most recent space-based measurements of the superfluid transition in 4^4He [Lipa \textit{et al}., Phys. Rev. B \textbf{68}, 174518 (2003)].Comment: a reference adde

    The impact of the injection protocol on an impurity's stationary state

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    We examine stationary state properties of an impurity particle injected into a one-dimensional quantum gas. We show that the value of the impurity's end velocity lies between zero and the speed of sound in the gas, and is determined by the injection protocol. This way, the impurity's constant motion is a dynamically emergent phenomenon whose description goes beyond accounting for the kinematic constraints of Landau approach to superfluidity. We provide exact analytic results in the thermodynamic limit, and perform finite-size numerical simulations to demonstrate that the predicted phenomena are within the reach of the existing ultracold gases experiments.Comment: main text+supplemental, 14 pages, 3 figures; v2: title, introduction, and summary modified, 3 refs. adde

    Dimensional crossover on multileg attractive-UU Hubbard ladders

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    We study the ground state properties of a polarized two-component Fermi gas on multileg attractive-UU Hubbard ladders. Using exact diagonalization and density matrix renormalization group method simulations, we construct grand canonical phase diagrams for ladder widths of up to W=5W=5 and varying perpendicular geometries, characterizing the quasi-one-dimensional regime of the dimensional crossover. We unveil a multicritical point marking the onset of partial polarization in those phase diagrams, a candidate regime of finite-momentum pairing. We compare our findings with recent experimental and theoretical studies of quasi-one-dimensional polarized Fermi gases.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
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