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Dynamics of the Bose-Hubbard model: transition from Mott insulator to superfluid

Other Condensed Matter 2009-11-11 v4 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We study the dynamics of phase transitions in the one dimensional Bose-Hubbard model. To drive the system from Mott insulator to superfluid phase, we change the tunneling frequency at a finite rate. We investigate the build up of correlations during fast and slow transitions using variational wave functions, dynamical Bogoliubov theory, Kibble-Zurek mechanism, and numerical simulations. We show that time-dependent correlations satisfy characteristic scaling relations that can be measured in optical lattices filled with cold atoms.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0601650,
  title  = {Dynamics of the Bose-Hubbard model: transition from Mott insulator to superfluid},
  author = {Fernando M. Cucchietti and Bogdan Damski and Jacek Dziarmaga and Wojciech H. Zurek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0601650},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

7+ pages, the Bogolubov section is completely rewritten