Abstract
We determine the phase diagram of hard-core bosons on a triangular lattice with nearest-neighbor repulsion, paying special attention to the stability of the supersolid phase. Similar to the same model on a square lattice we find that for densities or a supersolid phase is unstable and the transition between a commensurate solid and the superfluid is of first order. At intermediate fillings we find an extended supersolid phase even at half filling . The emergence of the supersolid on the triangular lattice reflects a novel and interesting way for a quantum system to avoid classical frustration, similar to an order-by-disorder mechanism. It also offers an exciting possibility of realizing such phenomena in ultracold atoms on optical lattices.
1 More- Received 12 May 2005
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.127205
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