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Mechanical Resonances of Mobile Impurities in a One-Dimensional Quantum Fluid
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
  • Thomas L. Schmidt, University of Luxembourg
  • Giacomo Dolcetto, University of Luxembourg
  • Christopher J. Pedder, University of Luxembourg
  • Karyn Le Hur, Institut Polytechnique de Paris
  • Peter Orth, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Publication Date
8-16-2019
Department
Ames Laboratory; Physics and Astronomy
OSTI ID+
1560363
Report Number
IS-J 10016
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.075302
Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Abstract

We study a one-dimensional interacting quantum liquid hosting a pair of mobile impurities causing backscattering. We determine the effective retarded interaction between the two impurities mediated by the liquid. We show that for strong backscattering this interaction gives rise to resonances and antiresonances in the finite-frequency mobility of the impurity pair. At the antiresonances, the two impurities remain at rest even when driven by a (small) external force. At the resonances, their synchronous motion follows the external drive in phase and reaches maximum amplitude. Using a perturbative renormalization group analysis in quantum tunneling across the impurities, we study the range of validity of our model. We predict that these mechanical antiresonances are observable in experiments on ultracold atom gases confined to one dimension.

DOE Contract Number(s)
AC02-07CH11358
Language
en
Publisher
Iowa State University Digital Repository, Ames IA (United States)
Disciplines
Citation Information
Thomas L. Schmidt, Giacomo Dolcetto, Christopher J. Pedder, Karyn Le Hur, et al.. "Mechanical Resonances of Mobile Impurities in a One-Dimensional Quantum Fluid" Vol. 123 Iss. 7 (2019) p. 075302
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/peter-orth/18/