Abstract
With DiQuT, we plan to construct a versatile novel experimental platform that will grant access to both topological p-wave superfluids and to unexplored interacting topological phases on lattice geometries, where the combination of non-local interactions and topology could be analyzed in a controlled way. The novel platform will consist of a Bose-Fermi mixture of magnetic atoms. The theoretical work developed by the UNIBO unit is functional to its future application in the experimental system by the CNR-INO unit. The overall goal of DiQuT is the theoretical investigation and the experimental implementation of a novel quantum simulator specifically designed to simulate topological materials. This implies the following main objectives.1. The experimental realization of the quantum simulator, based on a BF dipolar mixture with tunable BF coupling.2. The deep theoretical investigation of p-wave superfluidity in dipolar BF mixtures, and the first experimental characterization of p-wave scattering.3. The theoretical investigation of topological phases in lattice models 1. Experimental realization of a dipolar BF mixture with tunable BF interaction couplings; 2. Theoretical phase diagram for the competition between boson condensation and p-wave superfluid of dimers in dipolar 2D BF mixtures, conditions for stability of the mixture and study of universal properties of condensate; 3. Theoretical and experimental characterization of p-wave interactions between dimers and calculation of p-wave gap.
Project details
Unibo Team Leader: Pierbiagio Pieri
Unibo involved Department/s:
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Augusto Righi"
Coordinator:
CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche(Italy)
Total Unibo Contribution: Euro (EUR) 65.271,00
Project Duration in months: 24
Start Date:
28/09/2023
End Date:
28/02/2026
