Effect of a fermion on quantum phase transitions in bosonic systems

F. Iachello, A. Leviatan, D. Petrellis

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Abstract

The effect of a fermion with angular momentum j on quantum phase transitions of a (s, d) bosonic system is investigated. It is shown that the presence of a fermion strongly modifies the critical value at which the transition occurs, and its nature, even for small and moderate values of the coupling constant. The analogy with a bosonic system in an external field is mentioned. Experimental evidence for precursors of quantum phase transitions in bosonic systems plus a fermion (odd-even nuclei) is presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)379-382
Number of pages4
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume705
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Nov 2011

Keywords

  • Algebraic models
  • Bose-Fermi systems
  • Interacting boson-fermion model (IBFM)
  • Quantum shape-phase transitions

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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