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Dipolar Bosons in Triangular Optical Lattices: Quantum Phase Transitions and Anomalous Hysteresis

arXiv:1102.1317 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.85.021601

Abstract

We study phase transitions and hysteresis in a system of dipolar bosons loaded into triangular optical lattices at zero temperature. We find that the quantum melting transition from supersolid to superfluid phase is first-order, in contrast with the previous report. We also find that due to strong quantum fluctuations the supersolid (or solid)-superfluid transition can exhibit an anomalous hysteretic behavior, in which the curve of density versus chemical potential does not form a standard loop structure. Furthermore, we show that the transition occurs unidirectionally along the anomalous hysteresis curve.

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