Ultradilute Quantum Droplets in the Presence of Higher-Order Quantum Fluctuations

Abstract

We investigate the effects of higher-order quantum fluctuations on the bulk properties of self-bound droplets in three-, two- and one-dimensional binary Bose mixtures using the Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov theory. We calculate higher-order corrections to the equation of state of the droplet at both zero and finite temperatures. We show that our results for the ground-state energy are in a good agreement with recent quantum Monte Carlo simulations in any dimension. Our study extends to the finite temperature case where it is found that thermal fluctuations may destabilize the droplet state and eventually destroy it. In two dimensions, we reveal that the droplet occurs at temperatures well below the Berezinskii–Kosterlitz–Thouless transition temperature.

Keywords

• quantum droplets
• Bose-Bose mixtures
• higher-order quantum fluctuations