Charged Bose polarons at finite momentum
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- 1 October 2026
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in New Journal of Physics
- Vol. 28 (10) , 103202
Abstract
Charged impurities in quantum fluids have unveiled new classes of strongly correlated many-body states across condensed matter, ultracold gases, and hybrid atom–ion platforms. While previous studies have primarily focused on their ground-state and static properties, much less is known about their finite-momentum behavior, which governs transport, dissipation, and quasiparticle stability. Here, we investigate the momentum-dependent properties of a charged Bose polaron using a diagrammatic approach within second-order perturbation theory, explicitly accounting for the finite-range nature of the ion–atom interaction. We show that the interaction range introduces a characteristic momentum scale at which many-body dressing and dissipation are maximized, leading to a non-monotonic behavior of the damping rate and quasiparticle energy. In the high-momentum regime, we uncover a scaling law Γ p ∼ 1 / p , signaling the suppression of many-body dressing and the recovery of quasi-free impurity dynamics, in stark contrast to the divergent behavior predicted by contact-interaction perturbative treatments.Keywords
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- UNAM DGAPA PAPIIT (CBF2023-2024-1765)
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