SUPERSOLIDS

Under certain circumstances, systems of quantum bosons can exhibit both rigid lattice structures (solidity) and at the same time resistanceless flow (superfluidity). This remarkable phase is known as a supersolid.

Relevant Publications:

[52.] G.G. Batrouni, R.T. Scalettar, G.T. Zimanyi, and A.P. Kampf,
``Supersolids in the Bose--Hubbard Hamiltonian,"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 2527 (1995).

[56.] R.T. Scalettar, G.G. Batrouni, A.P. Kampf, and G.T. Zimanyi,
``Simultaneous Diagonal and Off--Diagonal Long Range Order in the Boson--Hubbard Model."
Phys. Rev. B51, 8467 (1995).

[89.] G.G. Batrouni and R.T. Scalettar,
``Phase Separation in Supersolids"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1599 (2000).

[52.] G.G. Batrouni, R.T. Scalettar, G.T. Zimanyi, and A.P. Kampf, ``Supersolids in the Bose--Hubbard Hamiltonian," Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 2527 (1995).
[56.] R.T. Scalettar, G.G. Batrouni, A.P. Kampf, and G.T. Zimanyi, ``Simultaneous Diagonal and Off--Diagonal Long Range Order in the Boson--Hubbard Model." Phys. Rev. B51, 8467 (1995).
[89.] G.G. Batrouni and R.T. Scalettar, ``Phase Separation in Supersolids" Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1599 (2000).