arXiv:1111.1537 · Physical Review A
Finite-temperature phase diagram of two-component bosons in a cubic optical lattice: Three-dimensional t - J model of hard-core bosons
Yuki Nakano, Takumi Ishima, Naohiro Kobayashi, Takahiro S. Yamamoto, Ikuo Ichinose, Tetsuo Matsui
Abstract
We study the three-dimensional bosonic $t$-$J$ model, i.e., the $t$-$J$ model of ``bosonic electrons,'' at finite temperatures. This model describes the $s=\frac{1}{2}$ Heisenberg spin model with the anisotropic exchange coupling ${J}_{\ensuremath{\perp}}=\ensuremath{\alpha}{J}_{z}$ and doped bosonic holes, which is an effective system of the Bose-Hubbard model with strong repulsions. The bosonic ``electron'' operator ${B}_{r\ensuremath{\sigma}}$ at the site $r$ with a two-component (pseudo)spin $\ensuremath{\sigma}(=1,2)$ is treated as a hard-core boson operator. By means of Monte Carlo simulations, we study its finite-temperature phase structure including the $\ensuremath{\alpha}$ dependence, the possible phenomena-like appearance of checkerboard long-range order, supercounterflow, superfluidity, phase separation, etc. The obtained results, which clarify the relation between various phases, may be taken as predictions about experiments of two-component cold bosonic atoms in a cubic optical lattice.