Cold Atoms in U(3) Gauge Potentials
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Review of Artificial Gauge Potentials in Optical Lattices
3. Gauge Potential with Non-Constant Wilson Loop
3.1. Spectrum for Rational Fluxes
3.2. Metal–Insulator Transition for Irrational Flux
4. Gauge Potential with Constant Wilson Loop
4.1. Spectrum for Rational Flux
4.2. Superfluid–Insulator Transition of Ultracold Bosons
5. Discussion
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
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Chicago/Turabian StyleMandal, Ipsita, and Atri Bhattacharya. 2016. "Cold Atoms in U(3) Gauge Potentials" Condensed Matter 1, no. 1: 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/condmat1010002