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Bose-Einstein Condensation and strong-correlation behavior of phonons in ion traps

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We show that the dynamics of phonons in a set of trapped ions interacting with lasers is described by a Bose-Hubbard model whose parameters can be externally adjusted. We investigate the possibility of observing several quantum many-body phenomena, including (quasi) Bose-Einstein condensation as well as a superfluid-Mott insulator quantum phase transition.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0409015,
  title  = {Bose-Einstein Condensation and strong-correlation behavior of phonons in ion traps},
  author = {D. Porras and J. I. Cirac},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0409015},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures