https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-023-00991-6
Review
Droplets and supersolids in ultra-cold atomic quantum gases
Mathematical Physics and NanoLund, LTH, Lund University, Box 118, 22100, Lund, Sweden
a
Koushik.Mukherjee@matfys.lth.se
e
Stephanie.Reimann@matfys.lth.se
Received:
28
April
2023
Accepted:
23
August
2023
Published online:
16
October
2023
In this mini-review, we briefly summarize some of the main concepts and ideas behind highly dilute self-bound quantum droplets of both binary and dipolar character. The latter type of systems has more recently led to the experimental discovery of a dipolar supersolid state that allows entirely new insights on this long-sought purely quantum state of matter, with exciting prospects for fundamental research as well as future applied quantum sensing technologies. The first half of the review provides a brief history of droplets and supersolidity in various settings and also discusses the self-binding in binary quantum gases, and the second half of the review summarizes our own recent work in the field, presented at the 2022 FQMT conference in Prague.
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