Sharp peaks in the momentum distribution of bosons in optical lattices in the normal state

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 617-621

  Kato, Yasuyuki ^a   Zhou, Qi ^b   Kawashima, Naoki ^a   Trivedi, Nandini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; HUBBARD MODEL; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOTT INSULATORS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

CONDENSATE FRACTIONS; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTIONS; MOTT-INSULATOR PHASIS; QUANTUM MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUPERFLUID DENSITY; TIME OF FLIGHT EXPERIMENT;

OPTICAL LATTICES;

EID: 48749113939     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys983     Document Type: Article

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