Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2005-01-04
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
4 pages, 2 figures
Scientific paper
We predict that a new superfluid phase, the incompressible excitonic superfluid (IESF), in the phase diagram of ultracold Bose atoms in $d>1$ dimensional optical lattices, which is caused by the spontaneous breaking of the symmetry of translation of the lattice. Within mean field theory, the critical temperature of the phase transition from this IESF to the normal fluid (NF) is calculated and the triple-critical point of the three phases is determined. We also investigate both configuration and gauge field fluctuations and show the IESF state is stable against these fluctuations. We expect this IESF phase can be experimentally observed by loading cold Bose atoms into a two-dimensional lattice where the atom filling fraction deviates slightly from exact commensurations. The signatures distinguishing this IESF from the common atom superfluid (ASF) are that (i) the critical temperature of the IEST/NF transition is independent of interaction, unlike the ASF/NF transition; (ii) the IESF is incompressible while the ASF is compressible.
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