Dissipative Superfluidity in a Molecular Bose-Einstein Condensate

Motivated by recent experimental realization of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of dipolar molecules, we develop superfluid transport theory for a dissipative BEC to show that a weak uniform two-body loss can induce phase rigidity, leading to superfluid transport of bosons without repulsive interactions. A generalized f-sum rule is shown to hold for a dissipative superfluid as a consequence of weak U(1) symmetry. We also demonstrate that dissipation enhances the stability of a molecular BEC with dipolar interactions. Possible experimental signatures of dissipative superfluidity are discussed.

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Physical Review Letters
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2025-09-15
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https://doi.org/10.1103/ww8r-sjhb
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2
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Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
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Dissipative Superfluidity in a Molecular Bose-Einstein Condensate

Hongchao Li, Masahito Ueda, Xie-Hang Yu, M. Nakagawa
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Abstract

Motivated by recent experimental realization of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) of dipolar molecules, we develop superfluid transport theory for a dissipative BEC to show that a weak uniform two-body loss can induce phase rigidity, leading to superfluid transport of bosons without repulsive interactions. A generalized f-sum rule is shown to hold for a dissipative superfluid as a consequence of weak U(1) symmetry. We also demonstrate that dissipation enhances the stability of a molecular BEC with dipolar interactions. Possible experimental signatures of dissipative superfluidity are discussed.

Physical Review LettersVol. 135(16)
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (DE), RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (JP), Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (DE), The University of Tokyo (JP)
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