Quantum phase transition in Bose-Fermi mixtures

Details Quantum phase transition in Bose-Fermi mixtures Quantum phase transition in Bose-Fermi mixtures

2011-07-06

arxiv.org/abs/1107.1196v2

Phys. Rev. A 84, 033629 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Quantum Gases

16 pages, 17 figures; typos corrected, one figure added

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.84.033629

We study a quantum Bose-Fermi mixture near a broad Feshbach resonance at zero temperature. Within a quantum field theoretical model a two-step Gaussian approximation allows to capture the main features of the quantum phase diagram. We show that a repulsive boson-boson interaction is necessary for thermodynamic stability. The quantum phase diagram is mapped in chemical potential and density space, and both first and second order quantum phase transitions are found. We discuss typical characteristics of the first order transition, such as hysteresis or a droplet formation of the condensate which may be searched for experimentally.

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