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Area of Science:

  • Quantum Simulation
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Ultracold Atomic Gases

Background:

  • The fermionic Hubbard model (FHM) is crucial for understanding electron correlations and superconductivity.
  • Simulating the FHM with ultracold fermions in optical lattices offers a controllable experimental platform.
  • Achieving low temperatures and large system sizes is key to realizing exotic FHM phases.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To experimentally observe the antiferromagnetic phase transition in a 3D fermionic Hubbard system.
  • To investigate the low-temperature physics of strongly correlated electrons.
  • To provide a platform for exploring high-temperature superconductivity mechanisms.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a 3D optical lattice with approximately 800,000 sites filled with lithium-6 atoms.
  • Precisely tuned interaction strength, temperature, and doping concentration.
  • Measured the spin structure factor to identify the phase transition.

Main Results:

  • Observed a sharp increase in the spin structure factor, indicating an antiferromagnetic phase transition.
  • The transition followed a power-law divergence with a critical exponent of 1.396, consistent with the Heisenberg universality class.
  • Achieved a spin structure factor of 123(8) at half-filling, confirming the establishment of the antiferromagnetic phase.

Conclusions:

  • The experiment successfully demonstrated the antiferromagnetic phase in a quantum simulator of the FHM.
  • This provides a new avenue for studying the complex phase diagram of the FHM and its relation to superconductivity.
  • The findings pave the way for future explorations of exotic quantum phases in strongly correlated systems.