超固体对称性因双极量子气体中的压缩振荡而破裂
L Tanzi1,2,3, S M Roccuzzo4,5, E Lucioni1,2,3
1CNR-INO, Sede Secondaria di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Nature
|September 10, 2019
概括
科学家观察到超固体对称性在超冷量子气体中破裂. 检测到两种不同的振荡模式,证实了超固体中无间隙金石激发的理论预测.
科学领域:
- 量子物理
- 凝聚物质物理学
- 超冷的原子气体
背景情况:
- 超固体结合了超流动性和类似固体的晶体结构.
- 超固体在实验中一直是难以捉摸的.
- 最近在超冷量子气体方面的进步使得晶体结构的创造成为可能.
研究的目的:
- 通过实验证明超固体的对称性破裂.
- 识别和描述预测的没有间隙的金石激发.
- 为了研究双极波斯-爱因斯坦凝聚物的量子相位过渡.
主要方法:
- 采用了双极缩的波斯-爱因斯坦凝聚物.
- 观察到的压缩振荡模式.
- 分析频谱以确定不同的激发模式.
主要成果:
- 通过两个不同的振荡模式突破超固体对称性.
- 确定了与格子周期性振荡相关的高频模式.
- 确定了与超流体振荡相关的低频模式.
结论:
- 观察到的模式与预测的无间隙金石激发相对应.
- 提供了超固体对称性破裂的第一个实验证据.
- 这表明超流体,超固体和固体之间存在两个量子相位过渡.
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