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Trimer liquids and crystals of polar molecules in coupled wires

Quantum Gases 2015-03-19 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We investigate the pairing and crystalline instabilities of bosonic and fermionic polar molecules confined to a ladder geometry. By means of analytical and quasi-exact numerical techniques, we show that gases of composite molecular dimers as well as trimers can be stabilized as a function of the density difference between the wires. A shallow optical lattice can pin both liquids, realizing crystals of composite bosons or fermions. We show that these exotic quantum phases should be realizable under current experimental conditions in finite-size confining potentials.

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@article{arxiv.1103.4087,
  title  = {Trimer liquids and crystals of polar molecules in coupled wires},
  author = {M. Dalmonte and P. Zoller and G. Pupillo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.4087},
  year   = {2015}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures plus additional material; Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett