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中国物理学会期刊

p-波相互作用调控下量子液滴的自洽物态方程

Self-consistent equation of state for quantum droplets tuned by p-wave interactions

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  • 量子液滴(quantum droplets,QDs)是在超冷稀薄原子量子气体中,依靠量子效应自束缚、不依靠容器约束就能稳定凝聚成团的微观原子团簇.其物理机制是平均场相互作用与李-黄-杨(Lee-Huang-Yang,LHY)量子涨落修正的相互平衡.然而,描述QDs的现有理论尚未考虑各向异性的p-波相互作用,后者可显著增强量子涨落,进而影响QDs的稳定机制.本文系统研究了p-波相互作用对QDs动力学行为的深刻影响.基于自洽有效场论框架,我们导出了零温下三维(three-dimensional,3D)玻色混合体系在p-波相互作用下的解析物态方程(equation of state,EOS).借助Hubbard-Stratonovich (HS)变换,我们证明组间吸引力可诱导以非微扰参数Δ表征的玻色配对,进而产生非普适的LHY项——这些项既编码了p-波相互作用的短程细节,又能在零程极限下恢复已知的普适QDs的EOS.我们的结果为理解量子气体中各向异性相互作用效应提供了新的理论依据,并为探测其中涌现的新奇量子相指明了方向.

     

    Quantum droplets (QDs) represent a unique class of self-bound ultracold atomic clusters that can stably persist in dilute atomic quantum gas systems without relying on external trapping potentials, and their stability is fundamentally governed by the delicate balance between conventional mean-field inter-atomic interactions and quantum fluctuation corrections originating from the Lee-Huang-Yang (LHY) effect. Despite substantial progress in the theoretical and experimental exploration of QDs physics, most existing theoretical models and equation of state (EOS) descriptions commonly adopt a simplified approximation that neglects anisotropic p-wave atomic interactions. In ultracold binary bosonic mixtures, such anisotropic short-range interactions are capable of strongly amplifying quantum fluctuation effects, fundamentally breaking the conventional mean-field-LHY balance condition and qualitatively modifying the intrinsic stabilization mechanism, structural properties, and dynamic behaviors of self-bound QDs. To address this critical research gap, this work systematically investigates the physical impacts of anisotropic p-wave interactions on the equilibrium properties and stabilization mechanism of three-dimensional (3D) binary bosonic QDs, with a focus on revealing the novel quantum effects induced by anisotropic higherorder interactions. We establish a zero-temperature self-consistent effective field theory framework that fully incorporates anisotropic p-wave interaction terms, and analytically derive the modified EOS for 3D binary bosonic mixtures. By implementing the Hubbard-Stratonovich (HS) transformation to decouple the complex interaction terms, we theoretically verify that interspecies attractive interactions in the system can induce robust nonperturbative bosonic pairing, which is quantitatively characterized by the pairing order parameter Δ. The formation of bosonic pairs further remodels the traditional LHY quantum fluctuation terms, yielding a series of non-universal modified LHY corrections that inherently carry the short-range spatial and anisotropic characteristics of p-wave interactions. Notably, the proposed modified theoretical model can perfectly reproduce the classic universal EOS of conventional QDs in the zero-range interaction limit, which demonstrates the consistency and reliability of our extended theory. Compared with traditional mean-field theoretical frameworks, our improved model effectively compensates for the deficiency of neglecting anisotropic higher-order interactions, accurately clarifying the quantitative correlation between p-wave interaction strength, bosonic pairing behavior, and QDs stabilization. The findings of this work provide a comprehensive and rigorous theoretical understanding of anisotropic higher-order interaction effects in ultracold bosonic quantum gases, fill the theoretical blank of p-wave dominated QDs modulation mechanisms, and lay a solid theoretical foundation for the subsequent experimental observation of anisotropic QDs states and the exploration of exotic emergent quantum phases in multi-component ultracold atomic systems.

     

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