Motivated by the realization of coupled Luttinger liquids in a split condensate for quantum sine-Gordon (SG) model [Haller et al., Nature 466, 597 (2010); Schweiglet et al., Nature 545, 323 (2017); Nat. Phys. 17, 559 (2021)], here we study the phase transition in coupled condensates using the bosonization method. We show that when these condensates have different velocities
ui and Luttinger parameters
Ki, the physics is described by a generalized SG model, which is also exactly solvable. We use various approaches, including the Wilson renormalization group, correlation function, variational wave function, and the equivalent Coulomb gas methods, demonstrating the phase transition at
2=1/(4K1)+1/(4K2). The physical meaning of this boundary is explained by the density-phase uncertainty principle, showing how the many-body interactions drive the coupled condensates from two gapless phases to one gapless phase. The relative phase between the condensates may fundamentally affect the band structure, yet it will not affect this boundary. Furthermore, we also discuss the relevance of our result in the two-dimensional models for the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition, from which the physical meaning of this boundary is self-evident. Our results can be used to study the phase transitions in one-dimensional coupled models with Fermions and Bosons, and even the Kane-Fisher model with impurities, and study their phase transitions, non-Gaussian dynamics, and thermalization, which may be of great interest in quantum simulation.
The renormalization group equations for the sine-Gordon system with a short wave-length cutoff in two dimensions are derived by means of a momentum-shell recursion method. In a special limit they agree with the Kosterlitz renormalization group equations which describe the critical properties of the phase transitions of the two-dimensional (2-D) neutral Coulomb gas with single charges ±1 and of the 2-D isotropic X-Y model in the absence of an external field. The results, therefore, give rise to a possibility that certain classes of phase transitions in low dimensions can be described in a unified way with the sine-Gordon Hamiltonian.
The two-dimensional classical sine-Gordon model is investigated by using a two-parameter self-consistent renormalization method up to second order of renormalized vertices, where coupled self-consistent equations for renormalized mass m and renormalized temperature x are obtained. In high temperature region (x > 2), the self-consistent equations have a massless solution which stands for the existence of the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase, and lead to an equation for x which is the same as that given by José et al. and is consistent with the result of Wilson's renormalization group method. In low temperature region (x < 2), numerical calculation is carried out, and it is shown that the system is well described by the self-consistent harmonic approximation, which is a one-parameter (m) renormalization treatment, except near x = 2. Near x ≲ 2 our self-consistent equations have no solution, through this can be partly remedied by counting chain diagrams.
The formation of bound states of fermions in one dimension has always been one of the key topics in condensed matter physics. Motivated by recent experimental progresses in Prof. Jeremy Levy's group, we study the interplay of both species (spin and transverse band index) and mass imbalance in a mixture of two or more species of fermions with attractive interactions in one dimension. Previous theoretical and experimental efforts have shown the existence of a Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov (FFLO) phase for the case of two species with equal mass, in addition to the fully paired and fully polarized phases. For the unequal mass case, there are signatures of trion phases as well. We use DMRG to explore the rich possibilities of quantum phases and their transport signatures for the cases of two and more species of Fermions as we vary the interaction strengths and mass imbalances. With this we can gain insights into ongoing experiments with sketched nanowires in LAO/STO and ultracold atoms confined to one-dimensional tubes. We also study the formation of bound states in a single component Fermi chain with attractive interactions. The phase diagram, computed from DMRG (density matrix renormalization group), shows not only a superfluid of paired fermions (pair phase) and a liquid of fermion triplets (trion phase), but also a phase with two gapless modes. We show that the latter phase is described by a 2-component Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid (TLL) theory, consisting of one charged and one emergent neutral mode. We argue based on our numerical data, that the single, pair, and trion phases are descendants of the 2-component TLL theory. We speculate on the nature of the phase transitions amongst these phases.
The dimensionality of an ultracold quantum gas can vastly affect its properties, leading to a great deal of interest in lower dimensional systems. In two dimensions, the transition to superfluidity is a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) [1,2] phase transition. This is identified by the pairing of vortices with opposite circulation and has been observed in Bose gases [3]. Other phenomena that occur in two-dimensional systems include confinement-induced resonances [4] and the emergence of a two-body bound state for arbitrarily weak attractive interactions [5].
In the framework of nonperturbative quantum field theory, the critical phenomena of one-dimensional extended Hubbard model (EHM) at half-filling are discussed from weak to intermediate interactions. After the EHM being mapped into two decoupled sine-Gordon models, the ground state phase diagram of the system is derived in an explicit way. It is confirmed that the coexisting phases appear in different interaction regimes which cannot be found by conventional theoretical methods. The diagram shows that there are seven different phase regions in the ground state, which seems not to be the same as previous discussions, especially the boundary between the phase separation and condensed phase regions. The phase transition properties of the model between various phase regions are studied in detail.