Superfluid Density of Weakly Interacting Bosons on a Lattice
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Abstract
We use a path integral approach to calculate the superfluid density of a Bose lattice gas in the limit where the number of atoms per site is large, for one component and two component gases. The results for a one-component gas agree with calculations done by other methods such as a Gutzwiller-ansatz calculation. In the two component case, we find that the interaction between atom species can increase the superfluid density of both, even if the cross-species superfluid drag remains small. Our approach builds on similar calculations done without a lattice. To attain the correct results we develop tools for calculating discrete time path integrals which are applicable to a range of systems naturally described within an overcomplete basis.
*Based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY- 1068165 and by a grant from the Army Research Office with funding from the DARPA OLE program.