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arXiv:2401.05890 · Physical Review A

Supersolidity of dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates induced by coupling to fermions

Maciej Lewkowicz, Tomasz Karpiuk, Mariusz Gajda, Mirosław Brewczyk

Published Jan 8, 2025• 2 citations
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Abstract

The authors report that the dipolar ultracold atomic Bose-Fermi mixture enters the supersolid phase when the interaction parameters are appropriately tuned. This behavior is supported by the appearance of low-energy Goldstone and Higgs excitation modes upon perturbation of the system.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.111.l011301

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