Bose-Einstein Condensation as a Quantum Phase Transition in an Optical Lattice

Details Bose-Einstein Condensation as a Quantum Phase Transition in an Optical Lattice Bose-Einstein Condensation as a Quantum Phase Transition in an Optical Lattice

2004-12-01

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0412034v1

in: `Mathematical Physics of Quantum Mechanics, Selected and Refereed Lectures from QMath9', A. Joyce and and J. Ash (eds), Sp

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

To appear in the proceedings of QMath9, Giens, France, Sept. 12--16, 2004

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One of the most remarkable recent developments in the study of ultracold Bose gases is the observation of a reversible transition from a Bose Einstein condensate to a state composed of localized atoms as the strength of a periodic, optical trapping potential is varied. In \cite{ALSSY} a model of this phenomenon has been analyzed rigorously. The gas is a hard core lattice gas and the optical lattice is modeled by a periodic potential of strength $\lambda$. For small $\lambda$ and temperature Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) is proved to occur, while at large $\lambda$ BEC disappears, even in the ground state, which is a Mott-insulator state with a characteristic gap. The inter-particle interaction is essential for this effect. This contribution gives a pedagogical survey of these results.

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