Effective action approach to quantum phase transitions in bosonic lattices

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...

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Main Author: Bradlyn, Barry J
Other Authors: Roman Jackiw.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51601