Vol. 11 No. 2 (2022)
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The crystallization of a superfluid: the supersolid

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  • Nicolò Antolini,
  • Giulio Biagioni
Nicolò Antolini
CNR-INO
Giulio Biagioni
CNR-INO
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/cdg-13840

Published 2022-08-02

Keywords

  • quantum phases of matter,
  • superfluids,
  • Bose-Einstein condensates,
  • phase transitions

How to Cite

Antolini, N., & Biagioni, G. (2022). The crystallization of a superfluid: the supersolid. Il Colle Di Galileo, 11(2), 61–64. https://doi.org/10.36253/cdg-13840
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Abstract

Superfluids can become crystals, obtaining rigidity and plasticity in analogy with classical solids, but keeping their typical properties of quantum coherence. The resulting phase is a supersolid, recently observed experimentally in a dipolar quantum gas. We have studied the phase transition from the superfluid to the supersolid, highlighting the analogies and differences with the corresponding classical transition from liquid to solid.

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