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Roman Jackiw. Bradlyn, Barry J Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics 2010-02-09T16:49:54Z 2010-02-09T16:49:54Z 2009 2009 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51601 495719786 Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-54). In this thesis, I develop a new, field-theoretic method for describing the quantum phase transition between Mott insulating and superfluid states observed in bosonic optical lattices. I begin by adding to the Hamiltonian of interest a symmetry breaking source term. Using time-dependent perturbation theory, I then expand the grand-canonical free energy as a double power series in both the tunneling and the source term. From here, an order parameter field is introduced, and the underlying effective action is derived via a Legendre transformation. After determining the Ginzburg-Landau expansion of the effective action to first order in the tunneling term. expressions for the Mott insulator-superfluid phase boundary, condensate density, average particle number, and compressibility are derived and analyzed in detail. Additionally, excitation spectra in the ordered phase are found by considering both longitudinal and transverse variations of the order parameter. Finally, these results are applied to the concrete case of the Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian on a three dimensional cubic lattice, and compared with the corresponding results from mean-field theory. Although both approaches yield the same Mott insulator - superfluid phase boundary to first order in the tunneling, the predictions of the effective action theory turn out to be superior to the mean-field results deeper into the superfluid phase. by Barry J. Bradlyn. S.B. 54 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Physics. Effective action approach to quantum phase transitions in bosonic lattices Thesis application/pdf false Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="a93c5d05-5289-4260-8b75-ec04cc2d8915"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>Effective action approach to quantum phase transitions in bosonic lattices</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2009</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Bradlyn, Barry J</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Physics.</Keyword> <Abstract>In this thesis, I develop a new, field-theoretic method for describing the quantum phase transition between Mott insulating and superfluid states observed in bosonic optical lattices. I begin by adding to the Hamiltonian of interest a symmetry breaking source term. Using time-dependent perturbation theory, I then expand the grand-canonical free energy as a double power series in both the tunneling and the source term. From here, an order parameter field is introduced, and the underlying effective action is derived via a Legendre transformation. After determining the Ginzburg-Landau expansion of the effective action to first order in the tunneling term. expressions for the Mott insulator-superfluid phase boundary, condensate density, average particle number, and compressibility are derived and analyzed in detail. Additionally, excitation spectra in the ordered phase are found by considering both longitudinal and transverse variations of the order parameter. Finally, these results are applied to the concrete case of the Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian on a three dimensional cubic lattice, and compared with the corresponding results from mean-field theory. Although both approaches yield the same Mott insulator - superfluid phase boundary to first order in the tunneling, the predictions of the effective action theory turn out to be superior to the mean-field results deeper into the superfluid phase.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>