Melting of discrete vortices via quantum fluctuations

dc.contributor.authorLi (Lee), Chaohong
dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Tristram J
dc.contributor.authorKivshar, Yuri
dc.date.accessioned2009-09-23T06:11:58Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-20T06:05:13Z
dc.date.available2009-09-23T06:11:58Zen_US
dc.date.available2010-12-20T06:05:13Z
dc.date.issued2006-11-01en_US
dc.date.updated2015-12-08T03:03:47Z
dc.description.abstractWe consider nonlinear boson states with a nontrivial phase structure in the three-site Bose-Hubbard ring, quantum discrete vortices (or q vortices), and study their “melting” under the action of quantum fluctuations. We calculate the spatial correlations in the ground states to show the superfluid-insulator crossover and analyze the fidelity between the exact and variational ground states to explore the validity of the classical analysis. We examine the phase coherence and the effect of quantum fluctuations on q vortices and reveal that the breakdown of these coherent structures through quantum fluctuations accompanies the superfluid-insulator crossover.
dc.format4 pages
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review Letters 97.18 (2006): 180408/1-4
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007en_US
dc.identifier.issn1079-7114en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10440/926en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/10440/926
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Society
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dc.sourcePhysical Review Letters
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dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.180408en_US
dc.subjectKeywords: Correlation methods; Ground state; Insulating materials; Melting; Quantum theory; Supercritical fluids; Nonlinear boson states; Nontrivial phase structures; Phase coherence; Quantum discrete vortices; Quantum fluctuations; Vortex flow
dc.titleMelting of discrete vortices via quantum fluctuations
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue18
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage18408-1-4
local.contributor.affiliationLi (Lee), Chaohong, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Non-Linear Physics Centreen_US
local.contributor.affiliationAlexander, Tristram J, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Non-Linear Physics Centreen_US
local.contributor.affiliationKivshar, Yuri S, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Non-Linear Physics Centreen_US
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local.identifier.absfor020201en_US
local.identifier.ariespublicationu3458573xPUB14en_US
local.identifier.citationvolume97
local.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.180408
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-33750568935
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_US

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