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Heating a dipolar quantum fluid into a solid

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  • J. Sánchez-Baena

    (Aarhus University
    Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)

  • C. Politi

    (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
    Universität Innsbruck)

  • F. Maucher

    (Aarhus University
    Universitat de les Illes Balears & IAC-3)

  • F. Ferlaino

    (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
    Universität Innsbruck)

  • T. Pohl

    (Aarhus University)

Abstract

Raising the temperature of a material enhances the thermal motion of particles. Such an increase in thermal energy commonly leads to the melting of a solid into a fluid and eventually vaporises the liquid into a gaseous phase of matter. Here, we study the finite-temperature physics of dipolar quantum fluids and find surprising deviations from this general phenomenology. In particular, we describe how heating a dipolar superfluid from near-zero temperatures can induce a phase transition to a supersolid state with a broken translational symmetry. We discuss the observation of this effect in experiments on ultracold dysprosium atoms, which opens the door for exploring the unusual thermodynamics of dipolar quantum fluids.

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  • J. Sánchez-Baena & C. Politi & F. Maucher & F. Ferlaino & T. Pohl, 2023. "Heating a dipolar quantum fluid into a solid," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-37207-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37207-3
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