Condensed Matter Physics With Light And Atoms: Strongly Correlated Cold Fermions in Optical Lattices

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dc.creatorGeorges, Antoine
dc.date2007-02-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:44:58Z
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dc.descriptionVarious topics at the interface between condensed matter physics and the physics of ultra-cold fermionic atoms in optical lattices are discussed. The lectures start with basic considerations on energy scales, and on the regimes in which a description by an effective Hubbard model is valid. Qualitative ideas about the Mott transition are then presented, both for bosons and fermions, as well as mean-field theories of this phenomenon. Antiferromagnetism of the fermionic Hubbard model at half-filling is briefly reviewed. The possibility that interaction effects facilitate adiabatic cooling is discussed, and the importance of using entropy as a thermometer is emphasized. Geometrical frustration of the lattice, by suppressing spin long-range order, helps revealing genuine Mott physics and exploring unconventional quantum magnetism. The importance of measurement techniques to probe quasiparticle excitations in cold fermionic systems is emphasized, and a recent proposal based on stimulated Raman scattering briefly reviewed. The unconventional nature of these excitations in cuprate superconductors is emphasized.
dc.descriptionLectures given at the Enrico Fermi Summer School on "Ultracold Fermi Gases", organized by M. Inguscio, W. Ketterle and C. Salomon (Varenna, Italy, June 2006)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702122
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702122
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/123388
dc.subjectStrongly Correlated Electrons
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleCondensed Matter Physics With Light And Atoms: Strongly Correlated Cold Fermions in Optical Lattices
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