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arXiv:cond-mat/0106118 · Physical Review Letters

Ferromagnetism in a Lattice of Bose-Einstein Condensates

Han Pu, Weiping Zhang, Pierre Meystre

Published Sep 18, 2001• 104 citations
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Abstract

We show that an ensemble of spinor Bose-Einstein condensates confined in a one-dimensional optical lattice can undergo a ferromagnetic phase transition and spontaneous magnetization arises due to the magnetic dipole-dipole interaction. This phenomenon is analogous to ferromagnetism in solid state physics, but occurs with bosons instead of fermions.

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.87.140405

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