Strong coupling Bose polarons in a two-dimensional gas

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  • L. A. Peña Ardila
  • G. E. Astrakharchik
  • S. Giorgini

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  • University of Trento
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Original languageEnglish
Article number023405
JournalPhysical Review Research
Volume2
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 26 Jun 2020

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We study the properties of Bose polarons in two dimensions using quantum Monte Carlo techniques. Results for the binding energy, the effective mass, and the quasiparticle residue are reported for a typical strength of interactions in the gas and for a wide range of impurity-gas coupling strengths. A lower and an upper branch of the quasiparticle exist. The lower branch corresponds to an attractive polaron and spans from the regime of weak coupling where the impurity acts as a small density perturbation of the surrounding medium to deep bound states which involve many particles from the bath and extend as far as the healing length. The upper branch corresponds to an excited state where due to repulsion a low-density bubble forms around the impurity but might be unstable against decay into many-body bound states. Interaction effects strongly affect the quasiparticle properties of the polaron. In particular, in the strongly correlated regime, the impurity features a vanishing quasiparticle residue, signaling the transition from an almost free quasiparticle to a bound state involving many atoms from the bath.

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Strong coupling Bose polarons in a two-dimensional gas. / Ardila, L. A. Peña; Astrakharchik, G. E.; Giorgini, S.
In: Physical Review Research, Vol. 2, No. 2, 023405, 26.06.2020.

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Ardila, LAP, Astrakharchik, GE & Giorgini, S 2020, 'Strong coupling Bose polarons in a two-dimensional gas', Physical Review Research, vol. 2, no. 2, 023405. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023405
Ardila, L. A. P., Astrakharchik, G. E., & Giorgini, S. (2020). Strong coupling Bose polarons in a two-dimensional gas. Physical Review Research, 2(2), Article 023405. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023405
Ardila LAP, Astrakharchik GE, Giorgini S. Strong coupling Bose polarons in a two-dimensional gas. Physical Review Research. 2020 Jun 26;2(2):023405. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023405
Ardila, L. A. Peña ; Astrakharchik, G. E. ; Giorgini, S. / Strong coupling Bose polarons in a two-dimensional gas. In: Physical Review Research. 2020 ; Vol. 2, No. 2.
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