Cold atoms in U(3) gauge potentials
Quantum Gases
2016-08-02 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons
Abstract
We explore the effects of artificial gauge potentials on ultracold atoms. We study background gauge fields with both non-constant and constant Wilson loops around plaquettes, obtaining the energy spectra in each case. The scenario of metal-insulator transition for irrational fluxes is also examined. Finally, we discuss the effect of such a gauge potential on the superfluid-insulator transition for bosonic ultracold atoms.
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@article{arxiv.1603.08526,
title = {Cold atoms in U(3) gauge potentials},
author = {Ipsita Mandal and Atri Bhattacharya},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.08526},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
minor typos corrected; journal version