Quantum rotor model for a Bose-Einstein condensate of dipolar molecules

Autor: Armaitis, J., Duine, R. A., Stoof, H. T. C.
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 215301 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.215301
Popis: We show that a Bose-Einstein condensate of heteronuclear molecules in the regime of small and static electric fields is described by a quantum rotor model for the macroscopic electric dipole moment of the molecular gas cloud. We solve this model exactly and find the symmetric, i.e., rotationally invariant, and dipolar phases expected from the single-molecule problem, but also an axial and planar nematic phase due to many-body effects. Investigation of the wavefunction of the macroscopic dipole moment also reveals squeezing of the probability distribution for the angular momentum of the molecules.
Databáze: arXiv