Unified theory of quantum crystals and optical lattices with Bose-Einstein condensate
arXiv:2304.05136 · doi:10.1088/1555-6611/acc83e
Abstract
When interactions between particles are strong, at low temperature, these particles can form self-organized quantum crystals, and when the particles interact weakly, periodic structures can be imposed by external fields, e.g. by optical lattices. These opposite cases usually are treated separately, dealing either with quantum crystals or with optical lattices. Here the unified theory is developed for arbitrary particle interaction strength, treating in the frame of the same model both the limiting cases of quantum crystals and optical lattices, as well as the states intermediate between these two limits. Bose particles are considered, hence at low temperature in optical lattices Bose-Einstein condensation can happen, while it seems to be prohibited in ideal quantum crystals that do not contain mesoscopic regions of disorder, such as dislocations and grain boundaries.
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