Three identical bosons or fermions are considered in the limit of zero-range interactions and finite effective range. By using a two-channel model, we show that these systems are not integrable and that the wave function verifies specific continuity conditions at the contact of three particles. This last feature permits us to solve a contradiction brought by the contact model which can lead to an opposite result concerning the integrability issue. For fermions, the vicinity of integrability is characterized by large deviations with respect to the predictions of the Bethe ansatz.
Three identical bosons or fermions are considered in the limit of zero-range interactions and finite effective range. By using a two-channel model, we show that these systems are not integrable and that the wave function verifies specific continuity conditions at the contact of three particles. This last feature permits us to solve a contradiction brought by the contact model which can lead to an opposite result concerning the integrability issue. For fermions, the vicinity of integrability is characterized by large deviations with respect to the predictions of the Bethe ansatz.
We investigate finite-range effects in systems with three identical bosons. We calculate recombination rates and bound state spectra using two different finite-range models that have been used recently to describe the physics of cold atomic gases near Feshbach resonances where the scattering length is large. The models are built on contact potentials which take into account finite-range effects; one is a two-channel model and the other is an effective range expansion model implemented through the boundary condition on the three-body wavefunction when two of the particles are at the same point in space. We compare the results with the results of the ubiquitous single-parameter zero-range model where only the scattering length is taken into account. Both finite-range models predict variations of the well-known geometric scaling factor 22.7 that arises in Efimov physics. The threshold value at negative scattering length for creation of a bound trimer moves to higher or lower values depending on the sign of the effective range compared to the location of the threshold for the single-parameter zero-range model. Large effective ranges, corresponding to narrow resonances, are needed for the reduction to have any noticeable effect.
In this thesis we present a detailed investigation of the role played by quantum and thermal fluctuations in ultracold Bose gases. We begin with a review of several important concepts and analytical tools within a functional integration formalism. We first focus on the so-called zero-range approximation for the interaction potential, by recovering the Bogoliubov results and the Landau two-fluid model from a field-theory perspective. In deriving the beyond-mean-field equation of state, we are going to show that a crucial point concerns the proper regularization of the divergent zero-point energy. Among the alternative approaches to investigate finite-temperatures Bose gases, we apply the kinetic theory to explain some recent results on the sound propagation in two-dimensional Bose gases. We then move to consider the eventual corrections to the thermodynamics of Bose gases due to the finite-range character of the interaction potential. The coupling constants of the finite-range model are related to measurable scattering parameters through an effective-field-theory approach. The role of finite-range corrections is considered not only in three spatial dimensions but also in systems with lower dimensionalities. Our analytical predictions are in good agreement with available Monte Carlo simulations and consistent with other theoretical frames, as the Lieb-Lininger theory for one-dimensional systems. In the third chapter, the relevance of fluctuations is investigated from an alternative point of view. Indeed, for a single-component Bose gas we have actually considered their effect as deviations of thermodynamic quantities from the mean-field and zero-range picture. In the case of collapsing Bose mixtures, we are going to show that zero-temperature fluctuations play a crucial stabilizing role against the collapse instability. Because of this peculiar mechanism, ultracold mixtures can display finite-density configurations also in free space. Inspired by recent experiments, we characterize this novel self-bound state by comparison with bright solitons, following a variational scheme. We also consider the case of binary mixtures where a coherent internal coupling is turned on. In the last chapter, we move to deal with dipolar condensates. In particular, we are interested in beyond-mean-field effects leading to the formation of inhomogeneous ground states. In order to provide a reliable answer to the open issue of superfluid properties of these structures, we present our recent numerical investigation on the phase diagram of dipolar bosons.
This article briefly reviews recent theoretical developments in quantum critical phenomena in one-dimensional (1D) integrable quantum gases of cold atoms. We present a discussion on quantum phase transitions, universal thermodynamics, scaling functions and correlations for a few prototypical exactly solved models, such as the Lieb–Liniger Bose gas, the spin-1 Bose gas with antiferromagnetic spin-spin interaction, the two-component interacting Fermi gas as well as spin-3/2 Fermi gases. We demonstrate that their corresponding Bethe ansatz solutions provide a precise way to understand quantum many-body physics, such as quantum criticality, Luttinger liquids (LLs), the Wilson ratio, Tan's Contact, etc. These theoretical developments give rise to a physical perspective using integrability for uncovering experimentally testable phenomena in systems of interacting bosonic and fermonic ultracold atoms confined to 1D.
One-dimensional spinless Bose and Fermi gases with contact interactions have the close interrelation via Girardeau's Bose-Fermi mapping, leading to the correspondences in their energy spectra and thermodynamics. However, correlation functions are in general not identical between these systems. We derive in both systems the exact universal relations for correlation functions, which hold for any energy eigenstate and any statistical ensemble of the eigenstates with or without a trapping potential. These relations include the large-momentum behaviors of static structure factors and of momentum distributions as well as energy relations, which connect the sums of kinetic and interaction energies to the momentum distributions. The relations involve two- and three-body contacts, which are the integrals of local pair and triad correlations, respectively. We clarify how the relations for bosons and fermions differ and are connected with each other. In particular, we find that the three-body contact makes no contribution to the bosonic energy relation, but it plays a crucial role in the fermionic one. In addition, we compute the exact momentum distribution for any number of fermions in the unitary limit.
In this thesis, we investigate thermodynamic properties, magnetic phase transitions and correlation functions of integrable quantum many-body systems in the field of ultracold atomic gases. The scope of our investigation encompasses three models in one-dimension that are integrable by means of the Bethe ansatz method. They are the multi-component 5-interacting Fermi gas, the spin-l Bose gas with antiferromagnetic spin interaction and the SU(2) spinor Bose gas with finite-range Gaussian interaction. We derive the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations for the general SU(k) Fermi gas. We illustrate the root patterns and give a quantitative description of the ground state properties for the strongly and weakly interacting regimes. The thermodynamics and magnetic phase transitions are described quantitatively by means of the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations. We find that all phase transitions in the attractive regime are of second order with a linear field dependent magnetization in the vicinities of critical points. The SU(2) Fermi gas is studied in more detail. The low temperature thermodynamics for the repulsive case is derived by means of the Wiener-Hopf technique. Finite-size corrections and correlation functions for both the repulsive and attractive cases are derived from the nested Bethe ansatz equations and conformal field theory. In the attractive case, we show that spatial oscillations of the leading terms in the pair correlation function and spin correlation function solely depend on the mismatch between Fermi surfaces of spin-up and spin-down fermions. Such spatial modulations are characteristic of a Fulde- Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) state. For the spin-l Bose gas with antiferromagnetic spin interaction, we find that at zero temperature, the system exhibits three quantum phases: a phase with singlet pairs of bosons, a fully-polarized Tonks-Girardeau gas phase of unpaired ms = 1 bosons, and a mixed phase of singlet pairs and unpaired ms = 1 bosons. Phase transitions in the vicinities of the critical fields are also of second order with a linear field dependent magnetization. Finally, we use the asymptotic Bethe ansatz method to derive the quasimomenta distribution and ground state energy for the SU(2) spinor Bose gas with finite-range Gaussian interaction. We show that finite range potentials are more likely to lead to quasi Bose-Einstein condensation than zero range potentials by studying the spatial density profiles as the interaction width increases.
A one-dimensional gas mixture consisting of bosons and fermions without spin interacting via a repulsive [Formula: see text]-function potential is considered. The model is integrable and soluble via two nested Bethe ansatz, if all particles are assumed to have equal masses and the interaction strength between the bosons and among the bosons and fermions is the same. The low energy excitation spectrum is a two-component Luttinger liquid and can be parametrized by a conformal field theory with conformal charges c = 1. In the low-energy limit, where the band curvature terms in the dispersion can be neglected, the linear dispersion of a Luttinger liquid is asymptotically exact. The spectral function, however, displays deviations from the Luttinger behavior for higher energy excitations. In the neighborhood of the single-particle (hole) energy, the spectral function is represented by an effective X-ray edge type model. Expressions of the critical exponents for the single-hole Green’s function are obtained using the Bethe ansatz solution in the limit of the bosonic gas. The results could be of relevance in the context of ultracold atoms confined to an elongated optical trap.