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arXiv:cond-mat/0504742 · Journal of Modern Optics

Ultra-cold fermions in optical lattices

P. D. Drummond, Joel Frederick Corney, Xia-Ji Liu, H. Hu

Published Nov 10, 2005• 2 citations
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Abstract

We summarize recent theoretical results for the signatures of strongly correlated ultra-cold fermions in optical lattices. In particular, we focus on collective mode calculations, where a sharp decrease in collective mode frequency is predicted at the onset of the Mott metal–insulator transition; and correlation functions at finite temperature, where we employ a new exact technique that applies the stochastic gauge technique with a Gaussian operator basis.

DOI
10.1080/09500340500275926

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