Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: We study the phase diagram and nonequilibrium dynamics involving ramp of the hopping amplitude J(t)=Jt/τ with ramp time τ of the Bose-Hubbard model at zero temperature using a projection-operator formalism which allows us to incorporate the effects of quantum fluctuations beyond mean-field approximations in the strong-coupling regime. Our formalism yields a phase diagram which provides a near exact match with quantum Monte Carlo results in three dimensions. We also compute the residual energy Q, the superfluid order parameter Δ(t), the equal-time order parameter correlation function C(t), and the wave function overlap F which yields the defect formation probability P during nonequilibrium dynamics of the model. We find that Q, F, and P do not exhibit the expected universal scaling. We explain this absence of universality and show that our results compare well with recent experiments.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: C. Trefzger, K. Sengupta
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2089083411