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Atomic color superfluid via three-body loss.

A Kantian¹, M Dalmonte, S Diehl

¹Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

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Large three-body loss in Fermi gases dynamically prevents three-atom occupations, stabilizing BCS-pairing phases. This constraint suppresses trion formation and actual loss events in optical lattices.

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Area of Science:

Ultracold atomic physics
Quantum many-body systems
Fermionic gases

Background:

Three-body loss is a significant loss channel in ultracold atomic gases.
Optical lattices enable precise control over atomic interactions and confinement.
BCS-pairing phases are crucial in understanding superconductivity and superfluidity.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the impact of three-body loss on the many-body physics of a three-component Fermi gas.
To explore how three-body loss can act as a stabilizing mechanism for BCS-pairing phases.
To analyze the dissipative dynamics and constraint effects in an optical lattice system.

Main Methods:

Bosonization techniques for analyzing interacting fermionic systems.
Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG) for studying quantum many-body systems.
Investigating the full dissipative dynamics of the system, including loss processes.

Main Results:

Three-body loss dynamically prevents atoms from occupying lattice sites with three atoms.
This effective constraint suppresses actual loss events.
The constraint stabilizes BCS-pairing phases by inhibiting trion formation.

Conclusions:

Three-body loss can serve as a beneficial constraint in ultracold Fermi gases.
The study provides insights into controlling quantum phases through engineered loss mechanisms.
The findings are relevant for experiments with three-component Fermi gases, such as 6Li.