Impurity crystal in a bose-einstein condensate.

نویسندگان

  • David C Roberts
  • Sergio Rica
چکیده

We investigate the behavior of impurity fields immersed in a larger condensate field in various dimensions. We discuss the localization of a single impurity field within a condensate and note the effects of surface energy. We derive the functional form of the attractive condensate-mediated interaction between two impurities. Generalizing the analysis to N impurity fields, we show that within various parameter regimes a crystal of impurity fields can form spontaneously in the condensate. Finally, the system of condensate and crystallized impurity structure is shown to have nonclassical rotational inertia, which is characteristic of superfluidity; i.e., the system can be seen to exhibit supersolid behavior.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 102 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009