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Mutiparticle Composites in Density-Imbalanced Quantum Fluids

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Article number215301
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>20/11/2009
<mark>Journal</mark>Physical review letters
Issue number21
Volume103
Number of pages4
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

We consider two-component one-dimensional quantum gases with a density imbalance. While generically such fluids are two-component Luttinger liquids, we show that if the ratio of the densities is a rational number, p/q, and mass asymmetry between components is sufficiently strong, one of the two eigenmodes acquires a gap. The gapped phase corresponds to (algebraic) ordering of (p+q)-particle composites. In particular, for attractive mixtures, this implies that the superconducting correlations are destroyed. We illustrate our predictions by numerical simulations of the fermionic Hubbard model with hopping asymmetry.

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© 2009 The American Physical Society