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Condensates induced by interband coupling in a double-well lattice
We predict novel inter-band physics for bosons in a double-well lattice. An
intrinsic coupling between the s and px band due to interaction gives rise to
larger Mott regions on the phase diagram at even fillings than the ones at odd
fillings. On the other hand, the ground state can form various types of
condensates, including a mixture of single-particle condensates of both bands,
a mixture of a single-particle condensate of one band and a pair-condensate of
the other band, and a pair-condensate composed of one particle from one band
and one hole from the other band. The predicted phenomena should be observable
in current experiments on double-well optical lattices.Comment: Published versio
Dilepton asymmetries at factories in search of transitions
In order to detect the possible presence of
amplitudes in neutral meson decays, we consider the measurement of decay
time asymmetries involving like-sign dilepton events at the factories.Comment: 5 pages, latex, no fig
Interaction-induced excited-band condensate in a double-well optical lattice
We show theoretically that interaction effects in a double-well optical
lattice can induce condensates in an excited band. For a symmetric double-well
lattice, bosons condense into the bottom of the excited band at the edge of the
Brillouin Zone if the chemical potential is above a critical value. For an
asymmetric lattice, a condensate with zero momentum is automatically induced in
the excited band by the condensate in the lowest band. This is due to a
combined effect of interaction and lattice potential, which reduces the band
gap and breaks the inversion symmetry. Our work can be generalized to a
superlattice composed of multiple-well potentials at each lattice site, where
condensates can be induced in even higher bands.Comment: 4pages, 3 figure
Initializing a Quantum Register from Mott Insulator States in Optical Lattices
We propose and quantitatively develop two schemes to quickly and accurately
generate a stable initial configuration of neutral atoms in optical microtraps
by extraction from the Mott insulator state in optical lattices. We show that
thousands of atoms may be extracted and stored in the ground states of optical
microtrap arrays with one atom per trap in one operational process
demonstrating massive scalability. The failure probability during extraction in
the first scheme can be made sufficiently small (10^{-4}) to initialize a large
scale quantum register with high fidelity. A complementary faster scheme with
more extracted atoms but lower fidelity is also developed.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Edge Transport in 2D Cold Atom Optical Lattices
We theoretically study the observable response of edge currents in two
dimensional cold atom optical lattices. As an example we use Gutzwiller
mean-field theory to relate persistent edge currents surrounding a Mott
insulator in a slowly rotating trapped Bose-Hubbard system to time of flight
measurements. We briefly discuss an application, the detection of Chern number
using edge currents of a topologically ordered optical lattice insulator
Emulating Non-Abelian Topological Matter in Cold Atom Optical Lattices
Certain proposed extended Bose-Hubbard models may exhibit topologically
ordered ground states with excitations obeying non-Abelian braid statistics. A
sufficient tuning of Hubbard parameters could yield excitation braiding rules
allowing implementation of a universal set of topologically protected quantum
gates. We discuss potential difficulties in realizing a model with a proposed
non-Abelian topologically ordered ground state using optical lattices
containing bosonic dipoles. Our direct implementation scheme does not realize
the necessary anisotropic hopping, anisotropic interactions, and low
temperatures
Probing a topological quantum critical point in semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures
Quantum ground states on the non-trivial side of a topological quantum
critical point (TQCP) have unique properties that make them attractive
candidates for quantum information applications. A recent example is provided
by s-wave superconductivity on a semiconductor platform, which is tuned through
a TQCP to a topological superconducting (TS) state by an external Zeeman field.
Despite many attractive features of TS states, TQCPs themselves do not break
any symmetries, making it impossible to distinguish the TS state from a regular
superconductor in conventional bulk measurements. Here we show that for the
semiconductor TQCP this problem can be overcome by tracking suitable bulk
transport properties across the topological quantum critical regime itself. The
universal low-energy effective theory and the scaling form of the relevant
susceptibilities also provide a useful theoretical framework in which to
understand the topological transitions in semiconductor heterostructures. Based
on our theory, specific bulk measurements are proposed here in order to
characterize the novel TQCP in semiconductor heterostructures.Comment: 8+ pages, 5 figures, Revised version as accepted in PR
Method of characteristics and solution of DGLAP evolution equation in leading order (LO) and next to leading order (NLO) at small-x
In this paper the singlet and non-singlet structure functions have been
obtained by solving Dokshitzer, Gribove, Lipatov, Alterelli, Parisi (DGLAP)
evolution equations in leading order (LO) and next to leading order (NLO) at
the small x limit. Here we have used a Taylor Series expansion and then the
method of characteristics to solve the evolution equations. We have also
calculated t and x-evolutions of deuteron structure function and the results
are compared with the New Muon Collaboration (NMC) data.Comment: 16 pages including 7 figure
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