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Superfluidity in a gas of strongly-interacting bosons

Other Condensed Matter 2009-11-11 v3

Abstract

We consider small systems of bosonic atoms rotating in a toroidal trap. Using the method of exact numerical diagonalization of the many-body Hamiltonian, we examine the transition from the Bose-Einstein condensed state to the Tonks-Girardeau state. The system supports persistent currents in a wide range between the two limits, even in the absence of Bose-Einstein condensation.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0510315,
  title  = {Superfluidity in a gas of strongly-interacting bosons},
  author = {G. M. Kavoulakis and Y. Yu and M. Ogren and S. M. Reimann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0510315},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

7 pages, 3 figures, revised version, to appear in Europh. Lett