$(2k_F, 2k_F)$ density-wave orders of interacting p-orbital fermions in square optical lattice

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Abstract

We study instabilities of spinless fermionic atoms in the p- orbital bands in two dimensional optical lattices at non- integer filling against interactions. Stripe charge-density- wave or orbital-density-wave orders are found for attractive and repulsive interactions, respectively. A surprising result is that the superfluid phase, usually expected of attractively interacting fermions, is less energetically favored. Nesting quasi-one-dimensional Fermi surfaces in such systems are independent of filling, which ensures that the stripe density- wave orders occur in a large parameter regime.

*This work is supported by ARO (W911NF-07-1-0293) and ARO-DARPA-OLE (W911NF-07-1-0464). We also thank the KITP at UCSB for its hospitality where this research is supported in part by NSF Grant No. PHY05-51164.

Authors

  • Zixu Zhang

    • University of Pittsburgh
  • W. Vincent Liu

    • University of Pittsburgh
    • University of Pittsburgh and Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
    • University of Pittsburgh and KITP UCSB