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Excitations of a binary dipolar supersolid

Quantum Gases 2024-09-06 v2

Abstract

We predict a rich excitation spectrum of a binary dipolar supersolid in a linear crystal geometry, where the ground state consists of two partially immiscible components with alternating, interlocking domains. We identify three Goldstone branches, each with first-sound, second-sound or spin-sound character. In analogy with a diatomic crystal, the resulting lattice has a two-domain primitive basis and we find that the crystal (first-sound-like) branch is split into optical and acoustic phonons. We also find a spin-Higgs branch that is associated with the supersolid modulation amplitude.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2312.03390,
  title  = {Excitations of a binary dipolar supersolid},
  author = {W. Kirkby and Au-Chen Lee and D. Baillie and T. Bland and F. Ferlaino and P. B. Blakie and R. N. Bisset},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.03390},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

12 pages, 6 figures

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