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This paper is basic quantum-gas physics: it shows that microwave shielding, which keeps ultracold polar molecules from colliding and losing, also produces three-body interactions that are not simply sums of pairwise terms, with strengths that can reach roughly ten kilohertz in optical lattices. For quantum-simulation readers, the practical point is that these multi-body effects must be modeled rather than ignored, since they could stabilize new many-body phases. The work is theoretical and hasn't been demonstrated experimentally, so its near-term impact is on simulator design and calibration.
Tunable Three-Body Interactions in Microwave-Shielded Polar Molecules
arXiv:2610.41003v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We show that microwave shielding, which enables collisionally stable ultracold polar molecules, also leads to genuine nonadditive three-body interactions comparable to the shielding interaction itself. Their magnitude, sign, and geometrical dependence can be flexibly controlled through microwave parameters and orientation. Interaction strengths can reach the ten kilohertz-scale for ultrapolar molecules in typical optical lattices. The nonadditive three-body interactions can stabilize novel many-body phases, and should be accounted for in quantum simulation with microwave shielded molecules.
Abstract:We show that microwave shielding, which enables collisionally stable ultracold polar molecules, also leads to genuine nonadditive three-body interactions comparable to the shielding interaction itself. Their magnitude, sign, and geometrical dependence can be flexibly controlled through microwave parameters and orientation. Interaction strengths can reach the ten kilohertz-scale for ultrapolar molecules in typical optical lattices. The nonadditive three-body interactions can stabilize novel many-body phases, and should be accounted for in quantum simulation with microwave shielded molecules.
Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas); Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph); Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph); Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
arXiv:2610.41003 [cond-mat.quant-gas]
(or arXiv:2610.41003v1 [cond-mat.quant-gas] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2610.41003 Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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