{
  "id": "0903.2464",
  "version": "v3",
  "published": "2009-03-13T19:32:23.000Z",
  "updated": "2009-07-14T14:13:43.000Z",
  "title": "Non-Abelian optical lattices: Anomalous quantum Hall effect and Dirac Fermions",
  "authors": [
    "N. Goldman",
    "A. Kubasiak",
    "A. Bermudez",
    "P. Gaspard",
    "M. Lewenstein",
    "M. A. Martin-Delgado"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, 3 figures + additional references",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 035301 (2009)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.035301",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "hep-th",
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We study the properties of an ultracold Fermi gas loaded in an optical square lattice and subjected to an external and classical non-Abelian gauge field. We show that this system can be exploited as an optical analogue of relativistic quantum electrodynamics, offering a remarkable route to access the exotic properties of massless Dirac fermions with cold atoms experiments. In particular we show that the underlying Minkowski space-time can also be modified, reaching anisotropic regimes where a remarkable anomalous quantum Hall effect and a squeezed Landau vacuum could be observed.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v3",
      "updated": "2009-07-14T14:13:43.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "67.85.Lm",
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      "71.10.Fd"
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    "keywords": [
      "anomalous quantum hall effect",
      "non-abelian optical lattices",
      "dirac fermions",
      "cold atoms experiments",
      "relativistic quantum electrodynamics"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 815864,
      "adsabs": "2009arXiv0903.2464G"
    }
  }
}