Heating a quantum dipolar fluid into a solid

by J. Sánchez-Baena, C. Politi, F. Maucher, F. Ferlaino, T. Pohl
Abstract:
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. The predicted effect agrees with experimental measurements on ultracold dysprosium atoms, which opens the door for exploring the unusual thermodynamics of dipolar quantum fluids.
Reference:
Heating a quantum dipolar fluid into a solid,
J. Sánchez-Baena, C. Politi, F. Maucher, F. Ferlaino, T. Pohl,
arXiv:2209.00335, 2022.
Bibtex Entry:
@article{sanchezbaena2022haq,

      title={Heating a quantum dipolar fluid into a solid}, 

      author={Sánchez-Baena, J. and Politi, C. and Maucher, F. and Ferlaino, F. and Pohl, T.},

      year={2022},

	  month = {Sep},

      eprint={2209.00335},

      archivePrefix={arXiv},

      primaryClass={cond-mat.quant-gas},

	  journal={arXiv:2209.00335},

	  abstract = {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. The predicted effect agrees with experimental measurements on ultracold dysprosium atoms, which opens the door for exploring the unusual thermodynamics of dipolar quantum fluids.},

	  url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2209.00335},

	  arXiv = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2209.00335}

}