Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2009-01-06
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
12 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
Optical lattice experiments, with the unique potential of tuning interactions and density, have emerged as emulators of nontrivial theoretical models that are directly relevant for strongly correlated materials. However, so far the finite temperature phase diagram has not been mapped out for any strongly correlated quantum model. We propose a remarkable method for obtaining such a phase diagram for the first time directly from experiments using only the density profile in the trap as the input. We illustrate the procedure explicitly for the Bose Hubbard model, a textbook example of a quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator. Using "exact" quantum Monte Carlo simulations in a trap with up to $10^6$ bosons, we show that kinks in the local compressibility, arising from critical fluctuations, demarcate the boundaries between superfluid and normal phases in the trap. The temperature of the bosons in the optical lattice is determined from the density profile at the edge. Our method can be applied to other phase transitions even when reliable numerical results are not available.
Kato Yasuyuki
Kawashima Naoki
Trivedi Nandini
Zhou Qi
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