Hole-induced anomaly in the thermodynamic behavior of a one-dimensional Bose gas

We reveal an intriguing anomaly in the temperature dependence of the specific heat of a one-dimensional Bose gas. The observed peak holds for arbitrary interaction and remembers a superfluid-to-normal phase transition in higher dimensions, but phase transitions are not allowed in one dimension. T...

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Main Author: Giulia De Rosi, Riccardo Rota, Grigori E. Astrakharchik, Jordi Boronat
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Language:English
Published: SciPost 2022-08-01
Series:SciPost Physics
Online Access:https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.13.2.035
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author Giulia De Rosi, Riccardo Rota, Grigori E. Astrakharchik, Jordi Boronat
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description We reveal an intriguing anomaly in the temperature dependence of the specific heat of a one-dimensional Bose gas. The observed peak holds for arbitrary interaction and remembers a superfluid-to-normal phase transition in higher dimensions, but phase transitions are not allowed in one dimension. The presence of the anomaly signals a region of unpopulated states which behaves as an energy gap and is located below the hole branch in the excitation spectrum. The anomaly temperature is found to be of the same order of the energy of the maximum of the hole branch. We rely on the Bethe Ansatz to obtain the specific heat exactly and provide interpretations of the analytically tractable limits. The dynamic structure factor is computed with the Path Integral Monte Carlo method for the first time. We notice that at temperatures similar to the anomaly threshold, the energy of the thermal fluctuations become comparable with the maximal hole energy, leading to a qualitative change in the structure of excitations. This excitation pattern experiences the breakdown of the quasi-particle description for any value of the interaction strength at the anomaly, similarly to any superfluid phase transition at the critical temperature. We provide indications for future observations and how the hole anomaly can be employed for in-situ thermometry, identifying different collisional regimes and understanding other anomalies in atomic, solid-state, electronic, spin-chain and ladder systems.
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spelling doaj.art-647e1d4ba2a74291a1d2cc93e265919c2022-12-22T04:19:07ZengSciPostSciPost Physics2542-46532022-08-0113203510.21468/SciPostPhys.13.2.035Hole-induced anomaly in the thermodynamic behavior of a one-dimensional Bose gasGiulia De Rosi, Riccardo Rota, Grigori E. Astrakharchik, Jordi BoronatWe reveal an intriguing anomaly in the temperature dependence of the specific heat of a one-dimensional Bose gas. The observed peak holds for arbitrary interaction and remembers a superfluid-to-normal phase transition in higher dimensions, but phase transitions are not allowed in one dimension. The presence of the anomaly signals a region of unpopulated states which behaves as an energy gap and is located below the hole branch in the excitation spectrum. The anomaly temperature is found to be of the same order of the energy of the maximum of the hole branch. We rely on the Bethe Ansatz to obtain the specific heat exactly and provide interpretations of the analytically tractable limits. The dynamic structure factor is computed with the Path Integral Monte Carlo method for the first time. We notice that at temperatures similar to the anomaly threshold, the energy of the thermal fluctuations become comparable with the maximal hole energy, leading to a qualitative change in the structure of excitations. This excitation pattern experiences the breakdown of the quasi-particle description for any value of the interaction strength at the anomaly, similarly to any superfluid phase transition at the critical temperature. We provide indications for future observations and how the hole anomaly can be employed for in-situ thermometry, identifying different collisional regimes and understanding other anomalies in atomic, solid-state, electronic, spin-chain and ladder systems.https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.13.2.035
spellingShingle Giulia De Rosi, Riccardo Rota, Grigori E. Astrakharchik, Jordi Boronat
Hole-induced anomaly in the thermodynamic behavior of a one-dimensional Bose gas
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title Hole-induced anomaly in the thermodynamic behavior of a one-dimensional Bose gas
title_full Hole-induced anomaly in the thermodynamic behavior of a one-dimensional Bose gas
title_fullStr Hole-induced anomaly in the thermodynamic behavior of a one-dimensional Bose gas
title_full_unstemmed Hole-induced anomaly in the thermodynamic behavior of a one-dimensional Bose gas
title_short Hole-induced anomaly in the thermodynamic behavior of a one-dimensional Bose gas
title_sort hole induced anomaly in the thermodynamic behavior of a one dimensional bose gas
url https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.13.2.035
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