Polarons in supersolids: path-integral treatment of an impurity in a one-dimensional dipolar supersolid

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Main Authors: Simons, Laurent H. A., Wouters, Michiel, Tempere, Jacques
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Published: 2024
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author Simons, Laurent H. A.
Wouters, Michiel
Tempere, Jacques
author_facet Simons, Laurent H. A.
Wouters, Michiel
Tempere, Jacques
contents The supersolid phase of a dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate has an intriguing excitation spectrum displaying a band structure. Here, the dressing of an impurity in a one-dimensional dipolar supersolid with the excitations of the supersolid is studied. The ground-state energy of the supersolid polaron is calculated using a variational path integral approach, which obtained accurate results for other polaron systems within the Bogoliubov and Fröhlich approximations. A divergence is observed at the superfluid-supersolid phase transition. The polaron radius is also computed, showing that as a function of impurity-atom interactions, the polaron can become localized to a single droplet, behaving like a small solid-state polaron.
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spellingShingle Polarons in supersolids: path-integral treatment of an impurity in a one-dimensional dipolar supersolid
Simons, Laurent H. A.
Wouters, Michiel
Tempere, Jacques
Quantum Gases
The supersolid phase of a dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate has an intriguing excitation spectrum displaying a band structure. Here, the dressing of an impurity in a one-dimensional dipolar supersolid with the excitations of the supersolid is studied. The ground-state energy of the supersolid polaron is calculated using a variational path integral approach, which obtained accurate results for other polaron systems within the Bogoliubov and Fröhlich approximations. A divergence is observed at the superfluid-supersolid phase transition. The polaron radius is also computed, showing that as a function of impurity-atom interactions, the polaron can become localized to a single droplet, behaving like a small solid-state polaron.
title Polarons in supersolids: path-integral treatment of an impurity in a one-dimensional dipolar supersolid
topic Quantum Gases
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.03505