Bose Polaron in a One-Dimensional Lattice with Power-Law Hopping

Polarons, quasiparticles resulting from the interaction between an impurity and the collective excitations of a medium, play a fundamental role in physics, mainly because they represent an essential building block for understanding more complex many-body phenomena. In this manuscript, we study the s...

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Main Author: G. A. Domínguez-Castro
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-08-01
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description Polarons, quasiparticles resulting from the interaction between an impurity and the collective excitations of a medium, play a fundamental role in physics, mainly because they represent an essential building block for understanding more complex many-body phenomena. In this manuscript, we study the spectral properties of a single impurity mixed with identical bosons in a one-dimensional lattice with power-law hopping. In particular, based on the so-called T-matrix approximation, we show the existence of well-defined quasiparticle branches for several tunneling ranges and for both repulsive and attractive impurity-boson interactions. Furthermore, we demonstrate the persistence of the attractive polaron branch when the impurity-boson bound state is absorbed into the two-body continuum and that the attractive polaron becomes more robust as the range of the hopping increases. The results discussed here are relevant for the understanding of the equilibrium properties of quantum systems with power-law interactions.
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spelling doaj.art-de24cee45d464f2eb20ccc917fbdec1c2023-11-19T00:13:51ZengMDPI AGAtoms2218-20042023-08-0111811010.3390/atoms11080110Bose Polaron in a One-Dimensional Lattice with Power-Law HoppingG. A. Domínguez-Castro0Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, GermanyPolarons, quasiparticles resulting from the interaction between an impurity and the collective excitations of a medium, play a fundamental role in physics, mainly because they represent an essential building block for understanding more complex many-body phenomena. In this manuscript, we study the spectral properties of a single impurity mixed with identical bosons in a one-dimensional lattice with power-law hopping. In particular, based on the so-called T-matrix approximation, we show the existence of well-defined quasiparticle branches for several tunneling ranges and for both repulsive and attractive impurity-boson interactions. Furthermore, we demonstrate the persistence of the attractive polaron branch when the impurity-boson bound state is absorbed into the two-body continuum and that the attractive polaron becomes more robust as the range of the hopping increases. The results discussed here are relevant for the understanding of the equilibrium properties of quantum systems with power-law interactions.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-2004/11/8/110impurity physicsoptical latticespower-law hopping
spellingShingle G. A. Domínguez-Castro
Bose Polaron in a One-Dimensional Lattice with Power-Law Hopping
Atoms
impurity physics
optical lattices
power-law hopping
title Bose Polaron in a One-Dimensional Lattice with Power-Law Hopping
title_full Bose Polaron in a One-Dimensional Lattice with Power-Law Hopping
title_fullStr Bose Polaron in a One-Dimensional Lattice with Power-Law Hopping
title_full_unstemmed Bose Polaron in a One-Dimensional Lattice with Power-Law Hopping
title_short Bose Polaron in a One-Dimensional Lattice with Power-Law Hopping
title_sort bose polaron in a one dimensional lattice with power law hopping
topic impurity physics
optical lattices
power-law hopping
url https://www.mdpi.com/2218-2004/11/8/110
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