A new approach developed in Ref.1 for investigating the spatial boson correlations at low temperatures is considered in the particular case of the Coulomb interaction potential. This approach is based on integro–differential equations for the radial distribution function and can be used beyond the weak coupling regime. PACS: 05.30.Jp, 67.90.+z Description of the charged Bose liquid, or, in other words, of the strongly correlated many–boson system with the Coulomb interparticle potential, is a long–standing problem of the condensed matter physics. Recently, interest in this problem has been renewed in the connection with the noteworthy results of applying the Bose and Bose–Fermi liquid models [2] to the explanation of various phenomena inherent in the superconductors with high critical temperatures. These models are based on the Bogoliubov approach [3] implying the weak coupling regime. For the system of charged bosons the weak coupling approximation can be used at small values of the Brueckner parameter rS ∼ 0.1. However, questions requiring detailed investigations often concern the materials with relatively low densities of charge carriers which correspond to rS−values even larger than those of the electron gas at 1 the metallic densities. For example, there are the results [4] testifying to the possibility of forming the so–called large bipolaron (e.g. the two–electron cluster with a large radius of electron–electron separation, see papers in Ref. [5]) inside the polaron environment at the electron densities ∼ 10 19 cm −3 close to the carrier densities of the heavily doped degenerate polar semiconductors. To investigate the possible phase transition of the charge carrier system from the polaron state to the bipolaron phase at these densities, one should operate with the charged Bose liquid of large bipolarons for rS ≫ 1. Indeed, the ”large–bipolaron“ Bohr radius can be expressed [4] as abip =
A new approach developed in Ref.1 for investigating the spatial boson correlations at low temperatures is considered in the particular case of the Coulomb interaction potential. This approach is based on integro–differential equations for the radial distribution function and can be used beyond the weak coupling regime. PACS: 05.30.Jp, 67.90.+z Description of the charged Bose liquid, or, in other words, of the strongly correlated many–boson system with the Coulomb interparticle potential, is a long–standing problem of the condensed matter physics. Recently, interest in this problem has been renewed in the connection with the noteworthy results of applying the Bose and Bose–Fermi liquid models [2] to the explanation of various phenomena inherent in the superconductors with high critical temperatures. These models are based on the Bogoliubov approach [3] implying the weak coupling regime. For the system of charged bosons the weak coupling approximation can be used at small values of the Brueckner parameter rS ∼ 0.1. However, questions requiring detailed investigations often concern the materials with relatively low densities of charge carriers which correspond to rS−values even larger than those of the electron gas at 1 the metallic densities. For example, there are the results [4] testifying to the possibility of forming the so–called large bipolaron (e.g. the two–electron cluster with a large radius of electron–electron separation, see papers in Ref. [5]) inside the polaron environment at the electron densities ∼ 10 19 cm −3 close to the carrier densities of the heavily doped degenerate polar semiconductors. To investigate the possible phase transition of the charge carrier system from the polaron state to the bipolaron phase at these densities, one should operate with the charged Bose liquid of large bipolarons for rS ≫ 1. Indeed, the ”large–bipolaron“ Bohr radius can be expressed [4] as abip =
The model recently proposed in Ref.1 is used to derive linear integro– differential equations whose solutions provide reasonable estimates for the momentum distribution and condensate fraction in interacting many–boson system at zero temperature. An advantage of these equations is that they can be employed in the weak coupling regime and beyond. As an example, analytical treatment of the weak coupling case is given. PACS: 05.30.Jp, 67.90.+z A new way of investigating spatial particle correlations has recently been proposed for the many–boson system in the ground state [1]. It results in integro–differential equations for the pair distribution function. They accurately take into account the short–range boson correlations and, in the weak coupling regime, yield thermodynamics which reasonably agrees
Two unrelated problems can be reduced to a model of a Bose gas interacting with a gauge field: (i) the effect of thermal fluctuations on a system of vortices in bulk superconductors in fields Hc1\ensuremath{\ll}H\ensuremath{\ll}Hc2, and (ii) charged, spinless excitations in two-dimensional (2D) strongly correlated electron systems. Both problems are important for the theory of high-temperature superconductors. We study this model in three regimes: at finite temperatures, assuming that the gauge field is purely transverse; at T=0, for the purely static (2D Coulomb) interaction; and at T=0, for a weak Coulomb interaction and a strong transverse one. Transverse interactions suppress the temperature of the superfluid transition significantly. A sufficiently strong transvese interaction is shown to produce a phase separation as the temperature decreases (in the absence of Coulomb repulsion). If there is Coulomb repulsion, the ground state does not have off-diagonal long-range order but the superfluid density is not zero unless the Coulomb constant exceeds a critical value. Sufficiently strong coupling to the transverse field destroys superfluidity as well. In the normal state formed at large couplings, the translational invariance is intact. We propose a bosonic ground state that is not superfluid at T=0. We discuss the implications of these results both for vortex liquids and strongly correlated electron systems.
Bose polarons, quasiparticles composed of mobile impurities surrounded by cold Bose gas, can experience strong interactions mediated by the many-body environment and form bipolaron bound states. Here we present a detailed study of heavy polarons in a one-dimensional Bose gas by formulating a nonperturbative theory and complementing it with exact numerical simulations. We develop an analytic approach for weak boson-boson interactions and arbitrarily strong impurity-boson couplings. Our approach is based on a mean-field theory that accounts for deformations of the superfluid by the impurities and in this way minimizes quantum fluctuations. The mean-field equations are solved exactly in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, leading to an analytic expression for the interaction potential of heavy polarons, which is found to be in excellent agreement with quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) results. In the strong coupling limit, the potential substantially deviates from the exponential form valid for weak coupling and has a linear shape at short distances. Taking into account the leading-order Born-Huang corrections, we calculate bipolaron binding energies for impurity-boson mass ratios as low as 3 and find excellent agreement with QMC results.
This review describes the field of Bose polarons, arising when mobile impurities are immersed into a bosonic quantum gas. The latter can be realized by a Bose-Einstein condensate of ultracold atoms, or of exciton polaritons in a semiconductor, which has led to a series of experimental observations of Bose polarons near inter-species Feshbach resonances that we survey. Following an introduction to the topic, with references to its historic roots and a presentation of the Bose polaron Hamiltonian, we summarize state-of-the-art experiments. Next we provide a detailed discussion of polaron models, starting from the ubiquitous Fröhlich Hamiltonian that applies at weak couplings. Already this highly simplified model allows insights into ultra-violet divergencies, logarithmic and power-law, that need to be properly regularized. To capture the physics near a Feshbach resonance, two-phonon scattering terms on the impurity as well as phonon-phonon interactions need to be included. We proceed by a survey of concurrent theoretical methods used for solving strongly interacting Bose polaron problems, ranging from Lee-Low-Pines mean-field theory, Chevy-ansatz, Gross-Pitaevskii-equation to diagrammatic Monte Carlo approaches. The subsequent sections are devoted to the large bodies of work investigating strong coupling Bose polarons, including detailed comparisons with radio-frequency spectra obtained in ultracold atom experiments; to investigations of universal few-body and Efimov states associated with a Feshbach resonance in atomic mixtures; to studies of quantum dynamics and polarons out of equilibrium; Bose polarons in low-dimensional 1D and 2D quantum systems; induced interactions among polarons and bipolaron formation; and to Bose polarons at non-zero temperatures. We end our review by detailed discussions of closely related experimental setups and systems, including ionic impurities, systems with strong light-matter interactions, and variations and extensions of the Bose polaron concepts e.g. to baths with topological order or strong interactions relevant for correlated electrons. Finally, an outlook is presented, highlighting possible future research directions and open questions in the field as a whole.
This review describes the field of Bose polarons, arising when mobile impurities are immersed into a bosonic quantum gas. The latter can be realized by a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of ultracold atoms, or of exciton polaritons in a semiconductor, which has led to a series of experimental observations of Bose polarons near inter-species Feshbach resonances that we survey. Following an introduction to the topic, with references to its historic roots and a presentation of the Bose polaron Hamiltonian, we summarize state-of-the-art experiments. Next we provide a detailed discussion of polaron models, starting from the ubiquitous Fröhlich Hamiltonian that applies at weak couplings. We proceed by a survey of concurrent theoretical methods used for solving strongly interacting Bose polaron problems. The subsequent sections are devoted to the large bodies of work investigating strong coupling Bose polarons, including detailed comparisons with radio-frequency (RF) spectra obtained in ultracold atom experiments; to investigations of universal few-body and Efimov states associated with a Feshbach resonance in atomic mixtures; to studies of quantum dynamics and polarons out of equilibrium; Bose polarons in low-dimensional; induced interactions among polarons and bipolaron formation; and to Bose polarons at non-zero temperatures. We end our review by detailed discussions of closely related experimental setups and systems, including ionic impurities, systems with strong light-matter interactions, and variations and extensions of the Bose polaron concepts e.g. to baths with topological order or strong interactions relevant for correlated electrons. Finally, an outlook is presented, highlighting possible future research directions and open questions in the field as a whole.
Bose-Einstein condensation is a macroscopic quantum phenomenon where cooling down a gas of bosonic particles to ultracold temperatures results in the macroscopic occupation of the lowest energy state. This new state of matter has been used as a quantum simulator of many-body phenomena and theories due to its extreme tunability and controllability. An important example of such a many-body system is the polaron which, in its most general form, describes an impurity interacting with a bosonic bath. In the case of ultracold Bose gases, the impurity interacts with and is dressed by the Bogoliubov excitations of the gas. A supersolid is a state of matter that exhibits both superfluidity and crystalline order, which are seemingly irreconcilable properties. It has recently been observed in dipolar ultracold Bose gases, where it arises from the long-range anisotropic dipole-dipole interactions, and also other systems. The breaking of both translational symmetry and gauge symmetry results in multiple excitation modes in the supersolid. In this thesis, the charged Bose polaron and an impurity in a dipolar ultracold Bose gas exhibiting supersolidity (the supersolid Bose polaron) are studied. The ground-state properties of the charged Bose polaron are discussed using a variational path-integral approach. Absorption spectroscopy is proposed as a probe of the charged Bose polaron, and the optical response is studied for weak impurity-boson interactions. Next, the one-dimensional dipolar supersolid Bose polaron is investigated where multiple approaches are used for the derivation of the ground-state properties. The study of the polaron problem with a supersolid background is of particular interest because of the rich excitation spectrum of the supersolid. Interesting phenomena, such as possible localization of the polaron to a single droplet for strong interactions, are observed. The absorption spectrum of a charged impurity in the supersolid is also derived, which, because of the different excitation modes of the supersolid, shows multiple peaks from which information such as the superfluid fraction may be obtained.