Analytic calculation of high-order corrections to quantum phase transitions of ultracold Bose gases in bipartite superlattices

Abstract

We clarify some technical issues in the present generalized effective-potential Landau theory (GEPLT) to make the GEPLT more consistent and complete. Utilizing this clarified GEPLT, we analytically study the quantum phase transitions of ultracold Bose gases in bipartite superlattices at zero temperature. The corresponding quantum phase boundaries are analytically calculated up to the third-order hopping, which are in excellent agreement with the quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) simulations.

Keywords

ultracold Bose gases / quantum phase transition / bipartite superlattice / generalized effective-potential Landau theory

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