Ising criticality can drive vortex deconfinement in a spin-orbit coupled Bose gasSpin-orbit coupling in Bose gases is known to lead to an Ising-symmetry-broken phase where the bosons condense at one of two nonzero momenta. In two dimensions, the finite momentum of the order…Stuart Yi-Thomas, David M. Long, Jay D. Sau·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Quantum simulation of the Haldane phase using open shell moleculesDipolar molecules in optical traps are a versatile platform for studying many-body phases of quantum matter in the presence of strong and long-range interactions. The dipolar interactions in such…Suman Aich, Ceren B. Dag, H. A. Fertig et al.·Mar 16, 2026SaveLearn
Pattern formation in driven condensatesThe onset of pattern formation in a spatially homogeneous system subjected to external driving is an important topic in various scientific fields. A celebrated classical example is the Faraday…Ivana Vasić, Dušan Vudragović, Mihaela Carina Raportaru et al.·Mar 12, 2026SaveLearn
Realizing the Emery Model in Optical Lattices for Quantum Simulation of Cuprates and NickelatesThe microscopic origin of high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates remains one of the central open questions in condensed matter physics. Growing experimental and theoretical evidence suggests…Hannah Lange, Liyang Qiu, Robin Groth et al.·Mar 11, 2026SaveLearn
Effective theory of surface oscillations in self-bound superfluid dropletsWe investigate the low-energy dynamics of small-amplitude surface oscillations of spherical superfluid droplets in vacuum. Starting from the effective field theory of superfluid phonons, we derive an…Jun Mitsuhashi, Keisuke Fujii, Masaru Hongo·Mar 11, 2026SaveLearn
Stability of flat-band Bose-Einstein condensation from the geometry of compact localized statesWe consider Bose-Einstein condensation in flat-band models from a real-space perspective. Using a basis of compact localized states, we reformulate the minimization of the mean-field energy as a…Kukka-Emilia Huhtinen·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Reproducible nucleation and control of stable quantum vortex rings in Bose-Einstein condensatesWe propose and numerically validate an experimentally feasible on-demand protocol for the nucleation and manipulation of stable quantum vortex rings in trapped Bose-Einstein condensates. The method…Giorgia Iori, Klejdja Xhani, Woo Jin Kwon et al.·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Nonthermal Dynamics and Scar-Like Spectral Structures in a High-Spin Fermi GasWe investigate nonequilibrium dynamics and weak ergodicity breaking in a harmonically trapped spin-3/2 Fermi gas by using the time-dependent Hartree-Fock equation. The Shannon entropy remains…Shuyi Li, Qiang Gu·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Breathing and Fission of Magnetic Multi-SolitonsWe report the deterministic experimental realization and controlled fission of magnetic multi-soliton states in a uniform quasi-one-dimensional immiscible two-component Bose gas. We explore the…G. Brochier, Y. Li, S. Wattellier et al.·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Universal Family-Vicsek scaling in quantum gases far from equilibriumFluctuations in the growing surfaces of classical systems can exhibit universal scaling behavior, known as Family-Vicsek (FV) scaling. Although this phenomenon was originally discovered in classical…Kiryang Kwon, Kazuya Fujimoto, Junhyeok Hur et al.·Mar 10, 2026SaveLearn
Analog Simulation of Massive Relativistic Quantum Fields in 2 + 1 DimensionsQuantum field theories provide fundamental models of complex interacting systems, from high-energy physics and cosmology to condensed matter. However, solving these models in non-perturbative and…Yansheng Zhang, Feiyang Wang, Paul H. C. Wong et al.·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Interplay of local and global quantum geometry in the stability of flat-band superfluidsQuantum geometry strongly impacts physical properties in flat-band systems. We consider its role in bosonic condensation and superfluidity on flat bands, and show that the superfluid weight has an…Kukka-Emilia Huhtinen, Matteo Dürrnagel, Valerio Peri et al.·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Fermi-pressure-assisted superradiant transition with a mesoscopic Fermi gas in a cavityWe study the superradiant phase transition of a mesoscopic Fermi gas comprising between a few tens and a few thousand 6Li atoms in a high-finesse cavity across a wide range of densities. We…Francesca Orsi, Ekaterina Fedotova, Rohit Prasad Bhatt et al.·Mar 9, 2026SaveLearn
Spectral study of the pseudogap in unitary Fermi gasesThe existence of a pseudogap in unitary Fermi gases has recently been established and measured experimentally [Li et al., Nature 626, 288 (2024)]. This lends strong support for the pairing origin as…Chuping Li, Lin Sun, Kaichao Zhang et al.·Mar 6, 2026SaveLearn
Spin-resolved microscopy of 87Sr SU(N) Fermi-Hubbard systemsQuantum-gas microscopes provide direct access to the phases of the Hubbard model, bringing microscopic insight into the complex competition between interactions, SU(2) magnetism, and doping.…Carlos Gas-Ferrer, Antonio Rubio-Abadal, Sandra Buob et al.·Mar 5, 2026SaveLearn
Core-bound waves on a Gross-Pitaevskii vortexWe find the dispersion relations of two elusive families of core-bound excitations of the Gross-Pitaevskii (GP) vortex, varicose (axisymmetric) and fluting (quadrupole) waves. For wavelengths of…Evan Papoutsis, Nathan Apfel, Nir Navon·Mar 5, 2026SaveLearn
Efficient simulation of Bose-Einstein condensates in nontrivial topologiesBubble-shaped Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) constitute a unique class of quantum fluids with a hollow, thin-shell geometry that supports a wide variety of phenomena that are distinct from those of…Abel Beregi, Jean-Baptiste Gerent, Nathan Lundblad·Mar 5, 2026SaveLearn
Dynamical Superfluid and Bose-Insulator Phases in Quantized Polariton LatticesWe demonstrate that Hilbert-space quantization in polariton lattices-manifested as multiple quantized energy levels in strongly confined sites-provides an unconventional route to realizing and…Sanjib Ghosh·Mar 4, 2026SaveLearn
Layering and superfluidity of soft-core bosons in shallow spherical trapsFundamental theories and models of many-body physics can be probed in experiments on ultracold atoms held in place by electromagnetic fields. In particular, of considerable interest are systems under…Fabio Cinti, Matteo Ciardi, Santi Prestipino et al.·Mar 4, 2026SaveLearn
Chiral and pair superfluidity in triangular ladder produced by state-dependent Kronig-Penney latticeWe propose a concrete realization of a triangular ladder for ultracold atoms, which simultaneously hosts geometric frustration and unusual two-body interactions, and in particular controllable pair…Domantas Burba, Giedrius Žlabys, Dzmitry Viarbitski et al.·Mar 4, 2026SaveLearn
First-order transition into a topological superfluid state in an atom-cavity systemWe propose to combine Bose-Einstein condensation in higher Bloch bands and a driven-dissipative cavity-BEC system into a hybrid light-matter platform. Specifically, the condensate is trapped in a…Hannah Kleine-Pollmann, Ludwig Mathey·Mar 3, 2026SaveLearn
Geometry-Driven Thermodynamics: Shape Effects and Anisotropy in Quantum-Confined Ideal Fermi and Bose GasesThis study presents a unified description of the thermodynamics of ideal quantum gases under nanoscale confinement using a Quantum Phase Space (QPS) formalism. We show that the statistical momentum…Rivo Herivola Manjakamanana Ravelonjato, Ravo Tokiniaina Ranaivoson, Raoelina Andriambololona et al.·Mar 3, 2026SaveLearn
Lee-Huang-Yang dynamics emergent from a direct Wigner representationWe demonstrate how the beyond-mean-field Lee-Huang-Yang (LHY) corrections and its related physics can be naturally incorporated into the representation of an ultracold Bose gas using the truncated…King Lun Ng, Maciej Bartłomiej Kruk, Piotr Deuar·Mar 2, 2026SaveLearn
Experimental engineering of Floquet topological phases in a one-dimensional optical latticePeriodic driving enables realization of topological phases without static counterparts. We experimentally realize and detect a one-dimensional anomalous Floquet topological phase in an optical…Pengju Zhao, Yudong Wei, Zhongshu Hu et al.·Mar 2, 2026SaveLearn
Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in uniformly confined 4HeThis study investigates the Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) transition in superfluid 4He confined within uniform nanochannels. While the universal jump in superfluid density is a well-established…Filip Novotný, Marek Talíř, Balázs Szalai et al.·Mar 2, 2026SaveLearn