Ground-state fragmentation phase transition for attractive bosons in anisotropic traps

N. C. Cizek and M. A. Kasevich
Phys. Rev. A 88, 063641 – Published 26 December 2013

Abstract

We construct a two-state theoretical model describing attractively interacting bosons in a cylindrical harmonic potential of varied anisotropy. These systems exhibit true many-body ground-state energy minima stable against variations in single-particle state radial and axial widths and occupation number. The many-body ground state undergoes a phase transition from pure to fragmented as the aspect ratio increases above an anisotropy threshold dependent on the interaction energy per particle. This fragmentation is robust and does not require careful tuning of experimental parameters.

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  • Received 21 December 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.88.063641

©2013 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

N. C. Cizek and M. A. Kasevich*

  • Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4060, USA

  • *kasevich@stanford.edu

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Vol. 88, Iss. 6 — December 2013

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