Research area | Mathematics, Physics and Engineering |
Title | Exactly Solvable System of One-Dimensional Trapped Bosons with Short- and Long-Range Interactions |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Publication year | 2020 |
Authors | Beau, M, Pittman, SM, Astrakharchik, GE, del Campo, A |
Journal | PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS |
Volume | 125 |
Number | 22 |
Type of Article | Article |
Abstract | We introduce a model of trapped bosons with contact interactions as well as Coulomb repulsion or gravitational attraction in one spatial dimension. We find the exact ground-state energy and many-body wave function. The density profile and the pair-correlation function are sampled using Monte Carlo method and show a rich variety of regimes with crossovers between them. Strong attraction leads to a trapped McGuire quantum soliton. Weak repulsion results in an incompressible Laughlin-like fluid with flat density, well reproduced by a Gross-Pitaevskii equation with long-range interactions. Stronger repulsion induces Friedel oscillations and the eventual formation of a Wigner crystal. |
DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.220602 |