| dc.contributor.author | Sanders, Scott N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mintert, Florian | |
| dc.contributor.author | Heller, Eric J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-16T17:58:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-09-16T17:58:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-07 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2010-06 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0031-9007 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65873 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We study matter-wave scattering from an ultracold, many-body atomic system trapped in an optical lattice. The angular cross section of the target lattice for a matter wave is determined and is demonstrated to have a strong dependence on the many-body phase, superfluid, or Mott insulator. Analytical approaches are employed deep in the superfluid and Mott-insulator regimes, while intermediate points in the phase transition are treated numerically. Matter-wave scattering offers a convenient method for nondestructively probing the quantum many-body phase transition of atoms in an optical lattice. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (grant to the Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms) | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (grant MI 1345/2-1) | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.035301 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
| dc.source | APS | en_US |
| dc.title | Matter-Wave Scattering from Ultracold Atoms in an Optical Lattice | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sanders, Scott, Florian Mintert, and Eric Heller. “Matter-Wave Scattering from Ultracold Atoms in an Optical Lattice.” Physical Review Letters 105.3 (2010) : 035301. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.approver | Sanders, Scott N. | |
| dc.contributor.mitauthor | Sanders, Scott N. | |
| dc.relation.journal | Physical Review Letters | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Author's final manuscript | en_US |
| dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
| eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
| dspace.orderedauthors | Sanders, Scott; Mintert, Florian; Heller, Eric | en |
| mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
| mit.metadata.status | Complete | |
