Finite-temperature phase structures of hard-core bosons in an optical lattice with an effective magnetic field

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Nakano, Yuki, Kasamatsu, Kenichi, Matsui, Tetsuo
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 23.02.2012
• Subjects: Bosons; Computer simulation; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux; Monte Carlo simulation; Optical lattices; Particle density (concentration); Physics - Quantum Gases; Physics - Statistical Mechanics; Simulators; Thermodynamic properties; Variations
• ISSN: 2331-8422
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1112.0145

We study finite-temperature phase structures of hard-core bosons in a two-dimensional optical lattice subject to an effective magnetic field by employing the gauged CP\(^1\) model. Based on the extensive Monte Carlo simulations, we study their phase structures at finite temperatures for several values of the magnetic flux per plaquette of the lattice and mean particle density. Despite the presence of the particle number fluctuation, the thermodynamic properties are qualitatively similar to those of the frustrated XY model with only the phase as a dynamical variable. This suggests that cold atom simulators of the frustrated XY model are available irrespective of the particle filling at each site.