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We consider ultracold quantum gases of scalar bosons, residing in a coupling strength--density regime in which they constitute a twofold fragmented condensate trapped in a single well. It is shown that the corresponding quantum states are,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-12 Uwe R. Fischer , Myung-Kyun Kang

Analogue gravity is based on a mathematical identity between quantum field theory in curved space-time and the propagation of perturbations in certain condensed matter systems. But not every curved space-time can be simulated in such a way,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-07 Sabine Hossenfelder , Tobias Zingg

We theoretically investigate the excitation dynamics in a photon-fluid with both local and nonlocal interactions. We show that the interplay between locality and an infinite-range nonlocality gives rise to a gapped Bogoliubov spectrum of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-10 Francesco Marino

On the background of the Born-Oppenheimer (adiabatic) approximation, we investigate the geometrical and topological structure in the theory of quantum gravity by using the path integral method and halfclassical approximation. As we know,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-24 Ze-Lin Zhang , Ming-Feng Chen , Huai-Zhi Wu , Zhen-Biao Yang

We consider the recently suggested model of a multiverse based on a ferrofluid. When the ferrofluid is subjected to a modest external magnetic field, the nanoparticles inside the ferrofluid form small hyperbolic metamaterial domains, which…

Optics · Physics 2017-08-16 Igor I. Smolyaninov , Vera N. Smolyaninova

In this article we discuss the analogy between superfluids and a spinning thick cosmic string. We use the geometrical approach to obtain the geometrical phases for a phonon in the presence of a vortex. We use loop variables for a geometric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Claudio Furtado , A. M. de M. Carvalho , L. C. Garcia de Andrade , F. Moraes

We apply a homogenization process to the acoustic velocity potential wave equation. The study of various examples shows that the resulting effective properties are different from those of the homogenized pressure wave equation for the same…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-09-23 C. García-Meca , S. Carloni , C. Barceló , G. Jannes , J. Sánchez-Dehesa , A. Martínez

A symmetric zero mass tensor of rank two is constructed using the superstring modes of excitation which satisfies the physical state constraints of a superstring. These states have one to one correspondence with quantised operators and are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 B. B. Deo , P. K. Jena , L Maharana

Why are "analogue spacetimes'' interesting? For the purposes of this workshop the answer is simple: Analogue spacetimes provide one with physically well-defined and physically well-understood concrete models of many of the phenomena that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-04-14 Matt Visser , Silke Weinfurtner

The concept of topological energy bands and their manifestations have been demonstrated in condensed matter systems as a fantastic paradigm toward unprecedented physical phenomena and properties that are robust against disorders. Recent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-03 Weiwei Zhu , Weiyin Deng , Yang Liu , Jiuyang Lu , Zhi-Kang Lin , Hai-Xiao Wang , Xueqin Huang , Jian-Hua Jiang , Zhengyou Liu

Metamaterials are nano-engineered media with designed properties beyond those available in nature with applications in all aspects of materials science. In particular, metamaterials have shown promise for next generation of optical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-08-19 Prashant Shekhar , Jonathan Atkinson , Zubin Jacob

Taking the principles of quantum mechanics as they stand and applying them to gravity, leads to the conclusion that one might be able to generate superpositions of spacetimes, at least formally. We analyze such a possibility from an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-07 Carlos Barceló , Luis J. Garay , Gerardo García-Moreno

We first review some aspects of gravitational wave and the thermodynamic expression of Einstein field equations, these achieved conclusions allow people to think of Einstein's gravitational wave as a kind of sound wave in ordinary gas which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-06-18 Ming Chen , Yong-Chang Huang

Cobalt nanoparticle-based ferrofluid in the presence of external magnetic field forms a self-assembled hyperbolic metamaterial. Wave equation describing propagation of extraordinary light inside the ferrofluid exhibits 2+1 dimensional…

We introduce the photonic analogue of electronic Van Hove singularities (VHS) in artificial media (metamaterials) with hyperbolic dispersion. Unlike photonic and electronic crystals, the VHS in metamaterials is unrelated to the underlying…

Optics · Physics 2013-07-26 C. L. Cortes , Z. Jacob

A new future for metamaterials is suggested, involving the insertion of quantum degrees of freedom, under the guise of quantum dots or cold atoms, in an photonic matrix. It is argued that new emergent, quantum, properties could be obtained.

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Didier Felbacq

Time crystals are an eagerly sought phase of matter with broken time-translation symmetry. Quantum time crystals with discretely broken time-translation symmetry have been demonstrated in trapped ions, atoms and spins while continuously…

Optics · Physics 2023-08-03 Tongjun Liu , Jun-Yu Ou , Kevin F. MacDonald , Nikolay I. Zheludev

Metamaterials are artificially engineered periodic structures with exceptional optical properties that are not found in conventional materials. However, this definition of metamaterials can be extended if we introduce a quantum degree of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-06-09 Solomon Uriri , Yaseera Ismail , Francesco Petruccione

Lattices of topological defects, such as Abrikosov lattices and domain wall lattices often arise as metastable ground states in higher-dimensional field theoretical models. We demonstrate that such lattice states may be described as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-22 Igor I. Smolyaninov

Analogs of fundamental physical phenomena can be used in two ways. One way consists in reproducing specific aspects of classical or quantum gravity, of quantum fields in curved space or of other high-energy scenarios, on lower-energy…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-11 Giovanni Acquaviva , Alfredo Iorio , Pablo Pais , Luca Smaldone