The linear-zigzag structural transition in cold ion chains

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Fishman, S. [1 ]
Podolsky, D. [1 ]
Shimshoni, E. [2 ]
Silvi, P. [3 ]
Calarco, T. [3 ]
Montangero, S. [3 ]
Morigi, G. [4 ]
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[1] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Phys Dept, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel
[2] Bar Ilan Univ, Dept Phys, IL-52900 Ramat Gan, Israel
[3] Univ Ulm, Inst Quanteninformat Verarbeitung, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
[4] Univ Saarland, Theoret Phys, D-66123 Saarbrucken, Germany
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10.3254/978-1-61499-526-5-103
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A chain of singly charged particles confined by a harmonic potential exhibits a structural transition to a zigzag configuration when the radial potential frequency is at a critical value, which depends on the particle number. This structural change is a phase transition of second order, whose order parameter is the ions' transverse displacement from the chain axis. The transition is driven by transverse, short-wavelength vibrational modes. At ultra-low temperatures the linear-zigzag instability is a quantum phase transition of the same universality class of Ising models. [GRAPHICS] .
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页码:103 / 114
页数:12
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