Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2006-02-02
Phys. Rev. A 74, 033605 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Ver. 3: Updated acknowledgements, minor corrections. 8 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevA.74.033605
The energy spectrum for an ultracold rotating Bose gas in a harmonic trap is calculated exactly for small systems, allowing the atoms to occupy several Landau levels. Two vortex-like states and two strongly correlated states (the Pfaffian and Laughlin) are considered in detail. In particular, their critical rotation frequencies and energy gaps are determined as a function of particle number, interaction strength, and the number of Landau levels occupied (up to three). For the vortex-like states, the Lowest Landau level (LLL) approximation is justified only if the interaction strength decreases with the number of particles; nevertheless, the constant of proportionality increases rapidly with the angular momentum per particle. For the strongly correlated states, however, the interaction strength can increase with particle number without violating the LLL condition. The results suggest that in large systems, the Pfaffian and Laughlin states might be stabilized at rotation frequencies below the centrifugal limit for sufficiently large interaction strengths, with energy gaps a significant fraction of the trap energy.
Feder David L.
Morris Alexis G.
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