Skyrmion ground states of rapidly rotating few-fermion systems

We show that ultracold fermions in an artificial magnetic field open up a new window to the physics of the spinful fractional quantum Hall (FQH) effect. We numerically study the lowest energy states of strongly interacting few-fermion systems in rapidly rotating optical microtraps. We find that skyr...

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Auteurs principaux: Palm, Lukas (Auteur) , Grusdt, Fabian (Auteur) , Preiss, Philipp (Auteur)
Format: Article (Journal)
Langue:anglais
Publié: 13 August 2020
In: New journal of physics
Year: 2020, Volume: 22, Numéro: 8
ISSN:1367-2630
DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/aba30e
Accès en ligne:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aba30e
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Notes sur l'auteur:L. Palm, F. Grusdt and P.M. Preiss
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Résumé:We show that ultracold fermions in an artificial magnetic field open up a new window to the physics of the spinful fractional quantum Hall (FQH) effect. We numerically study the lowest energy states of strongly interacting few-fermion systems in rapidly rotating optical microtraps. We find that skyrmion-like ground states with locally ferromagnetic, long-range spin textures emerge. To realize such states experimentally, rotating microtraps with higher-order angular momentum components may be used to prepare fermionic particles in a lowest Landau level. We find parameter regimes in which skyrmion-like ground states should be accessible in current experiments and demonstrate an adiabatic pathway for their preparation in a rapidly rotating harmonic trap. The addition of long range interactions will lead to an even richer interplay between spin textures and FQH physics.
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ISSN:1367-2630
DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/aba30e