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Heating a dipolar quantum fluid into a solid

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  • J. Sánchez-Baena, Polytechnic University of Catalonia
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  • C. Politi, Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Innsbruck
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  • F. Maucher, University of the Balearic Islands
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  • F. Ferlaino, Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Innsbruck
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  • T. Pohl

Raising the temperature of a material enhances the thermal motion of particles. Such an increase in thermal energy commonly leads to the melting of a solid into a fluid and eventually vaporises the liquid into a gaseous phase of matter. Here, we study the finite-temperature physics of dipolar quantum fluids and find surprising deviations from this general phenomenology. In particular, we describe how heating a dipolar superfluid from near-zero temperatures can induce a phase transition to a supersolid state with a broken translational symmetry. We discuss the observation of this effect in experiments on ultracold dysprosium atoms, which opens the door for exploring the unusual thermodynamics of dipolar quantum fluids.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer1868
TidsskriftNature Communications
Vol/bind14
Nummer1
Antal sider6
ISSN2041-1723
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StatusUdgivet - apr. 2023

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