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Cold atoms in U(3) gauge potentials (1603.08526v2)
Published 28 Mar 2016 in cond-mat.quant-gas and cond-mat.str-el
Abstract: We explore the effects of artificial $U(3)$ gauge potentials on ultracold atoms. We study background gauge fields with both non-constant and constant Wilson loops around plaquettes, obtaining the energy spectra in each case. The scenario of metal-insulator transition for irrational fluxes is also examined. Finally, we discuss the effect of such a gauge potential on the superfluid-insulator transition for bosonic ultracold atoms.
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