Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2007-12-13
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
6 pages, 5 figures, contribution to 'Path Integrals, Dresden 2007'
Scientific paper
A mixture of spin-1/2 fermionic atoms and molecules of paired fermionic atoms is studied in an optical lattice. The molecules are formed by an attractive nearest-neighbor interaction. A functional integral is constructed for this many-body system and analyzed in terms of a mean-field approximation and Gaussian fluctuations. This provides a phase diagram with the two merging Mott insulators and an intermediate superfluid. The Gaussian fluctuations give rise to an induced repulsive dimer-dimer interaction mediated by the unpaired fermions. The effect of an unbalanced distribution of spin-up and spin-down fermions is also discussed.
Fialko Oleksandr
Ziegler Karen
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