Enhancing quantum order with fermions by increasing species degeneracy

Abstract

One of the challenges for fermionic cold atom experiments in optical lattices is to cool the systems to low enough temperature that they can form quantum degenerate ordered phases. In particular, there has been significant work in trying to find the antiferromagnetic phase transition of the Hubbard model in three dimensions, without success. Here, we attack this problem from a different angle by enhancing the ordering temperature via an increase in the degeneracy of the atomic species trapped in the optical lattice. In addition to developing the general theory, we also discuss some potential systems where one might be able to achieve these results experimentally.

5 pages, 2 figures

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