Dynamics of Ultracold Bosons in Artificial Gauge Fields—Angular Momentum,Fragmentation, and the Variance of Entropy

We consider the dynamics of two-dimensional interacting ultracold bosons triggered by suddenly switching on an artificial gauge field. The system is initialized in the ground state of a harmonic trapping potential. As a function of the strength of the applied artificial gauge field, we analyze the emergent dynamics by monitoring the angular momentum, the fragmentation as well as the entropy and variance of the entropy of absorption or single-shot images. We solve the underlying time-dependent many-boson Schrödinger equation using the multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree method for indistinguishable particles (MCTDH-X). We find that the artificial gauge field implants angular momentum in the system. Fragmentation—multiple macroscopic eigenvalues of the reduced one-body density matrix—emerges in sync with the dynamics of angular momentum: the bosons in the many-body state develop non-trivial correlations. Fragmentation and angular momentum are experimentally difficult to assess; here, we demonstrate that they can be probed by statistically analyzing the variance of the image entropy of single-shot images that are the standard projective measurement of the state of ultracold atomic systems.     

Unitary quantum three-body problem in a harmonic trap

We consider either 3 spinless bosons or 3 equal mass spin-1/2 fermions, interacting via a short-range potential of infinite scattering length and trapped in an isotropic harmonic potential. For a zero-range model, we obtain analytically the exact spectrum and eigenfunctions: for fermions all the states are universal; for bosons there is a coexistence of decoupled universal and efimovian states. All the universal states, even the bosonic ones, have a tiny 3-body loss rate. For a finite range model, we numerically find for bosons a coupling between zero angular momentum universal and efimovian states; the coupling is so weak that, for realistic values of the interaction range, these bosonic universal states remain long-lived and observable.     

原子核的形状相变

简要回顾原子核形状相变研究的现状，并将相干态理论与角动量投影方法相结合，在不区分质子玻色子和中子玻色子的相互作用玻色子模型（IBM-1）框架下，对角动量驱动的轴对称情况下的具有U（5）、SU（3）对称性以及两种对称性之间过渡区的原子核的形状相变进行了具体研究。We review the status of the research of nuclear shape phase transitions in this paper. Meanwhile, by taking the coherent state theory and angular momentum projection method, we study the shape phase transitions of axially symmetric even-even nuclei with U（5） symmetry, SU（3） symmetry and those in the transitional region of the two symmetries in the framework of Interacting Boson Model-1 （IBM-1）, which does not distinguish the proton bosons from neutron bosons.     

Deuteron transfer in N=Z nuclei

Predictions are obtained for T=0 and T=1 deuteron-transfer intensities between self-conjugate N=Z nuclei on the basis of a simplified interacting boson model which considers bosons without orbital angular momentum but with full spin-isospin structure. These transfer predictions can be correlated with nuclear binding energies in specific regions of the mass table.     

Quantum phase transitions in Bose–Fermi systems

Quantum phase transitions in a system of N bosons with angular momentum L = 0, 2 (s, d) and a single fermion with angular momentum j are investigated both classically and quantum mechanically. It is shown that the presence of the odd fermion strongly influences the location and nature of the phase transition, especially the critical value of the control parameter at which the phase transition occurs. Experimental evidence for the U(5)–SU(3) (spherical to axially-deformed) transition in odd–even nuclei is presented.     

Spinless bosons embedded in a vector Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau oscillator

Some properties of minimal and nonminimal vector interactions in the Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau (DKP) formalism are discussed. The conservation of the total angular momentum for spherically symmetric nonminimal potentials is derived from its commutation properties with each term of the DKP equation and the proper boundary conditions on the spinors are imposed. It is shown that the space component of the nonminimal vector potential plays a crucial role for the confinement of bosons. The exact solutions for the vector DKP oscillator (nonminimal vector coupling with a linear potential which exhibits an equally spaced energy spectrum in the weak-coupling limit) for spin-0 bosons are presented in a closed form and it is shown that the spectrum exhibits an accidental degeneracy.     

The ground state of deformed nuclei as a boson condensate

It is shown that the ground state of deformed nuclei can be considered as a condensate of bosons that do not have a well-defined angular momentum. Values for the quadrupole moment and the particle number that are very close to the values obtained using the full boson wave function are obtained by retaining only the s- and d-parts of the boson wave function.By comparing with the many-shell (realistic) situation we found the limitations of the single-shell calculations.     

M1 transition strength in the SU(3) limit of the generalized IBM-2

We generalize the SU(3) limit of the standard IBM-2 formalism of sd bosons to sdg…λ bosons, where λ denotes a boson of arbitrarily large, even angular momentum λ, and investigate the effect on the B(M1, 0₁⁺ → 1⁺) transition strength. In the SU(3) limit, all the M1 transition strength resides in a single 1⁺ state and is proportional to λ.     

Pair-Aligned Intrinsic States in Many-j Configurations

With the aid of a pair aligned model in many-j configurations and the Hamiltonian including monopole, quadrupole-pair forces and the quadrupole deformed field, the intrinsic states of deformed nuclei are determined by a variational method. The quadrupole moment is calculated and the effect of deformation on the intrinsic states is investigated. The results show that angular momentum (J=0,2,4) nucleon-pairs are dominant in the intrinsic states, so that, s, d, g bosons must be used in the study of deformed nuclei.     

Quantum hall states and boson triplet condensate for rotating spin-1 bosons

We propose and analyze two series of clustered quantum Hall states for rotating systems of spin-1 bosons. The first series [labeled SU(4)(k)] includes the exact ground states of a model Hamiltonian at large angular momentum L, and also for N=3k particles at L=N. The latter is a spin-singlet boson-triplet condensate. The second series, labeled SO(5)(k), includes exact ground states at large L for different parameter values.     

A hartree-bose mean-field approximation for IBM-3

A Hartree-Bose mean-field approximation for the IBM-3 is presented. A Hartree-Bose transformation from the spherical to the deformed bosons with charge-dependent parameters is proposed which allows bosonic pair correlations and includes higher angular momentum bosons. The formalism contains previously proposed IBM-2 and IBM-3 intrinsic states as particular limits. Presented by J.E. García-Ramos at the International Conference on “Atomic Nuclei and Metallic Clusters”, Prague, September 1–5, 1997. This work has been supported in part by the Spanish DGICYT under contracts No. PB 95/0123 and PB95-0533, a DGICYT-IN2P3 agreement and by the European Commission under contract CI1*-CT94-0072.     

Rotationally constrained Hartree-Fock calculations and nuclear fission

Static Hartree-Fock calculations for a model ${}^{144}\text{Nd}$ nucleus are carried out under the assumption of axial symmetry and with constraints on the component of angular momentum perpendicular to the symmetry axis. The resulting energy surfaces exhibit a well defined fission barrier which decreases with increasing angular momentum more rapidly than predicted by liquid drop calculations.     

Mass and spin of Poincaré Gauge Theory

We discuss two expressions for the conserved quantities (energy momentum and angular momentum) of the Poincaré Gauge Theory. We show, that the variations of the Hamiltonians, of which the expressions are the respective boundary terms, are well defined, if we choose an appropriate phase space for asymptotic flat gravitating systems. Furthermore, we compare the expressions with others, known from the literature.     

Unconventional superfluid order in the F band of a bipartite optical square lattice

We report on the first observation of bosons condensed into the energy minima of an F band of a bipartite square optical lattice. Momentum spectra indicate that a truly complex-valued staggered angular momentum superfluid order is established. The corresponding wave function is composed of alternating local F2x3-3x ± iF2y3-3y orbits and local S orbits residing in the deep and shallow wells of the lattice, which are arranged as the black and white areas of a checkerboard. A pattern of staggered vortical currents arises, which breaks time-reversal symmetry and the translational symmetry of the lattice potential. We have measured the populations of higher order Bragg peaks in the momentum spectra for varying relative depths of the shallow and deep lattice wells and find remarkable agreement with band calculations.     

Rotating spin-1 bose clusters

We propose a simple scheme for generating rotating atomic clusters in an optical lattice which produces states with quantum Hall and spin liquid properties. As the rotation frequencies increase, the ground state of a rotating cluster of spin-1 Bose atoms undergoes a sequence of (spin and orbit) transitions, which terminates at an angular momentum L(*) substantially lower than that of the boson Laughlin state. The spin-orbit correlations reflect "fermionization" of bosons facilitated by their spin degrees of freedom. We also show that the density of an expanding group of clusters has a scaling form which reveals the quantum Hall and spin structure of a single cluster.     

Time as a Geometric Concept Involving Angular Relations in Classical Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics

The goal of this paper is to introduce the notion of a four-dimensional time in classical mechanics and in quantum mechanics as a natural concept related with the angular momentum. The four-dimensional time is a consequence of the geometrical relation in the particle in a given plane defined by the angular momentum. A quaternion is the mathematical entity that gives the correct direction to the four-dimensional time.     

柱矢量光束的角动量性质

介绍了非近轴光束的表示理论,利用该表示理论很好地解决了非近轴光束的角动量问题,发现非近轴光束的总角动量可以严格地分解成自旋和轨道两部分,但是两者都依赖于由偏振椭圆度表征的光束的偏振状态。主要研究了柱矢量光束的角动量问题。给出了动量空间和位形空间中的柱矢量光束表达式和角动量算符表达式。通过分析两个空间中的角动量算符及柱矢量光束表达式,发现在这两种空间中,具有螺旋型相位的柱矢量光束是角动量算符沿着传播方向的分量的本征态,其本征值与偏振椭圆度无关,这为计算这类特殊光束的角动量提供了一种新方法。     

On the general linear (Bogoliubov-) transformation for bosons

Using a Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula for the disentangling of exponential operators, a simple straight-forward derivation of Bogoliubov-transformation matrix elements could be given by elementary algebra. Recent much more complicated derivations by means of hypergeometric functions are simplified considerably. Matrix elements and their generating functions are new for the general linear transformation for bosons. The surprising result of Aronsonet al., that the linear transformation matrix element is equivalent to the rotation matrix element is discussed in the framework of the coupled boson theory of angular momentum. Possible applications of the formalism for quantum optics and for nuclear models are sketched briefly.