Quantum Liquid in Lower Dimensions: From the perspective of Surface Tension

Abstract

We analyze the surface tension in ultra-cold atomic gases in a quasi one-dimensional and one-dimensional geometry. In recent years, experimental observations have confirmed the ``clustering of atoms" to form droplets in ultra-cold atomic gases and the emergence of this new phase is attributed to the beyond mean-field interaction. However, two decades earlier, liquid formation was predicted due to the competition of two-body and three-body interactions. Here, we review both propositions and comment on the role of beyond mean-field and three-body interaction in liquid formation by calculating the surface tension.