Wilson fermions and axion electrodynamics in optical lattices
We show that ultracold Fermi gases in optical superlattices can be used as quantum simulators of relativistic lattice fermions in 3 þ 1 dimensions. By exploiting laser-assisted tunneling, we find an analogue of the so-called naive Dirac fermions, and thus provide a realization of the fermion doublin...
| Autores: | , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/42833 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/42833 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 53 Magnetic-fields Ultracold gases Surfaces-states Neutral atoms Condensate Invariance Physics. Física-Modelos matemáticos |
| Sumario: | We show that ultracold Fermi gases in optical superlattices can be used as quantum simulators of relativistic lattice fermions in 3 þ 1 dimensions. By exploiting laser-assisted tunneling, we find an analogue of the so-called naive Dirac fermions, and thus provide a realization of the fermion doubling problem. Moreover, we show how to implement Wilson fermions, and discuss how their mass can be inverted by tuning the laser intensities. In this regime, our atomic gas corresponds to a phase of matter where Maxwell electrodynamics is replaced by axion electrodynamics: a 3D topological insulator. |
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