Interaction and filling-induced quantum phases of dual Mott insulators of bosons and fermions

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 642-648

  Sugawa, Seiji ^a   Inaba, Kensuke ^b,c   Taie, Shintaro ^a   Yamazaki, Rekishu ^a,c   Yamashita, Makoto ^b,c   Takahashi, Yoshiro ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSONS; CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; OPTICAL LATTICES; PHASE SEPARATION;

ADIABATIC HEATING; COMPOSITE PARTICLES; CONDENSED MATTER SYSTEM; INSULATING PHASIS; INTERSPECIES INTERACTIONS; MOTT INSULATOR PHASE; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS; STRONGLY CORRELATED SYSTEMS;

MOTT INSULATORS;

EID: 79961021861     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2028     Document Type: Article

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