Exact statistical transmutation of quantum mixtures on a ring

Abstract

One-dimensional strongly repulsive quantum mixtures exhibit non-trivial exchange statistics arising from the interplay between orbital and spin degrees of freedom. Using an exact solution, we demonstrate that in the single-impurity limit the wavefunction of Fermi-Fermi and Bose-Bose mixtures on a ring threaded by an artificial gauge field display exact anyonic statistics under exchange of the impurity with the majority particles. The resulting fractional exchange phase is fixed by the angular momentum sector selected through the applied flux. We find that the impurity momentum distribution coincide exactly with the anyonic one, independently of the bosonic or fermionic nature of the mixture, with the large-momentum tails encoding a direct signature of the anyonic statistical angle. Finally, we devise a quench protocol for reversible dynamical anyonization. Our results provide a path for realizing and manipulating anyonized states with ultracold atoms.