Pattern formation in quantum ferrofluids: From supersolids to superglasses
Pattern formation is a ubiquitous phenomenon observed in nonlinear and out-of-equilibrium systems. In equilibrium, quantum ferrofluids formed from ultracold atoms were recently shown to spontaneously develop coherent density patterns, manifesting a supersolid. We theoretically investigate the phase...
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| author | J. Hertkorn J.-N. Schmidt M. Guo F. Böttcher K. S. H. Ng S. D. Graham P. Uerlings T. Langen M. Zwierlein T. Pfau |
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| description | Pattern formation is a ubiquitous phenomenon observed in nonlinear and out-of-equilibrium systems. In equilibrium, quantum ferrofluids formed from ultracold atoms were recently shown to spontaneously develop coherent density patterns, manifesting a supersolid. We theoretically investigate the phase diagram of such quantum ferrofluids in oblate trap geometries and find an even wider range of exotic states of matter. Two-dimensional supersolid crystals formed from individual ferrofluid quantum droplets dominate the phase diagram at low densities. For higher densities we find honeycomb and labyrinthine states, as well as a pumpkin phase. We discuss scaling relations which allow us to find these phases for a wide variety of trap geometries, interaction strengths, and atom numbers. Our study illuminates the origin of the various possible patterns of quantum ferrofluids and shows that their occurrence is generic of strongly dipolar interacting systems stabilized by beyond mean-field effects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc33b5ad15b4451baaf074c94f7058122024-04-12T17:12:39ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review Research2643-15642021-08-013303312510.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033125Pattern formation in quantum ferrofluids: From supersolids to superglassesJ. HertkornJ.-N. SchmidtM. GuoF. BöttcherK. S. H. NgS. D. GrahamP. UerlingsT. LangenM. ZwierleinT. PfauPattern formation is a ubiquitous phenomenon observed in nonlinear and out-of-equilibrium systems. In equilibrium, quantum ferrofluids formed from ultracold atoms were recently shown to spontaneously develop coherent density patterns, manifesting a supersolid. We theoretically investigate the phase diagram of such quantum ferrofluids in oblate trap geometries and find an even wider range of exotic states of matter. Two-dimensional supersolid crystals formed from individual ferrofluid quantum droplets dominate the phase diagram at low densities. For higher densities we find honeycomb and labyrinthine states, as well as a pumpkin phase. We discuss scaling relations which allow us to find these phases for a wide variety of trap geometries, interaction strengths, and atom numbers. Our study illuminates the origin of the various possible patterns of quantum ferrofluids and shows that their occurrence is generic of strongly dipolar interacting systems stabilized by beyond mean-field effects.http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033125 |
| spellingShingle | J. Hertkorn J.-N. Schmidt M. Guo F. Böttcher K. S. H. Ng S. D. Graham P. Uerlings T. Langen M. Zwierlein T. Pfau Pattern formation in quantum ferrofluids: From supersolids to superglasses Physical Review Research |
| title | Pattern formation in quantum ferrofluids: From supersolids to superglasses |
| title_full | Pattern formation in quantum ferrofluids: From supersolids to superglasses |
| title_fullStr | Pattern formation in quantum ferrofluids: From supersolids to superglasses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pattern formation in quantum ferrofluids: From supersolids to superglasses |
| title_short | Pattern formation in quantum ferrofluids: From supersolids to superglasses |
| title_sort | pattern formation in quantum ferrofluids from supersolids to superglasses |
| url | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033125 |
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