Abstract
We investigate the ground states of weakly interacting bosons in a rotating trap as a function of the number of bosons, , and the average number of vortices, . We identify the filling fraction as the parameter controlling the nature of these states. We present results indicating that, as a function of , there is a zero temperature phase transition between a triangular vortex lattice phase, and strongly correlated vortex liquid phases. The vortex liquid phases appear to be the Read-Rezayi parafermion states.
- Received 5 April 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.120405
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