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      Dicke model

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          The Dicke model is a fundamental model of quantum optics, which describes the interaction between light and matter. In the Dicke model, the light component is described as a single quantum mode, while the matter is described as a set of two-level systems. When the coupling between the light and matter crosses a critical value, the Dicke model shows a mean-field phase transition to a superradiant phase. This transition belongs to the Ising universality class and was realized experimentally in cavity quantum electrodynamics experiments. Although the superradiant transition bears some analogy with the lasing instability, these two transitions belong to different universality classes.

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            Dicke quantum phase transition with a superfluid gas in an optical cavity.

            A phase transition describes the sudden change of state of a physical system, such as melting or freezing. Quantum gases provide the opportunity to establish a direct link between experiments and generic models that capture the underlying physics. The Dicke model describes a collective matter-light interaction and has been predicted to show an intriguing quantum phase transition. Here we realize the Dicke quantum phase transition in an open system formed by a Bose-Einstein condensate coupled to an optical cavity, and observe the emergence of a self-organized supersolid phase. The phase transition is driven by infinitely long-range interactions between the condensed atoms, induced by two-photon processes involving the cavity mode and a pump field. We show that the phase transition is described by the Dicke Hamiltonian, including counter-rotating coupling terms, and that the supersolid phase is associated with a spontaneously broken spatial symmetry. The boundary of the phase transition is mapped out in quantitative agreement with the Dicke model. Our results should facilitate studies of quantum gases with long-range interactions and provide access to novel quantum phases.
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              Cold atoms in cavity-generated dynamical optical potentials

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                PLoS One
                PLoS ONE
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                PLoS ONE
                Public Library of Science (San Francisco, CA USA )
                1932-6203
                4 September 2020
                2020
                : 15
                : 9
                : e0235197
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                [001]Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
                Rice University, UNITED STATES
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                Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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                http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2637-1750
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                PONE-D-20-17441
                10.1371/journal.pone.0235197
                7473565
                32886669
                54608397-a70b-4c13-a276-26b347f1a427
                © 2020 Roses, Dalla Torre

                This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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                This work is supported by the Israel Science Foundation, grants number 151/19 and 154/19.
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