Delocalization of Weakly Interacting Bosons in a 1D Quasiperiodic Potential

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Publication date 25-07-2014
Journal Physical Review Letters
Article number 045304
Volume | Issue number 113 | 4
Number of pages 5
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  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP)
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute of Physics (IoP) - Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute (WZI)
Abstract We consider weakly interacting bosons in a 1D quasiperiodic potential (Aubry-Azbel-Harper model) in the regime where all single-particle states are localized. We show that the interparticle interaction may lead to the many-body delocalization and we obtain the finite-temperature phase diagram. Counterintuitively, in a wide range of parameters the delocalization requires stronger coupling as the temperature increases. This means that the system of bosons can undergo a transition from a fluid to insulator (glass) state under heating.
Document type Article
Note © 2014 American Physical Society. - With supplemental material
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.045304
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