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Can interaction between emergent excitations be independent of the constituent interactions? Jayantha P. Vyasanakere ∗ and Vijay B. Shenoy † Centre for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India (Dated: November 16, 2012) Abstract Normally, in condensed matter systems, the interaction between emergent excitations will depend on the interactions among their constituents. For example, magnon-magnon interaction depends on the exchange interaction between the spins. Here we illustrate a novel system in which this is not the case. We had recently shown that a non-Abelian gauge field induces a BCS-BEC crossover in a weakly interacting fermionic system. We also showed that the BEC thus obtained is a condensate of novel kind of bosons called rashbons, which are fermion-dimers. Here we study this system by constructing a Gaussian theory of quantum fluctuations and show that the rashbon-rashbon interaction is independent of the interaction between the constituent fermions. In fact, the rashbon-rashbon interaction depends solely on the rashba spin-orbit coupling induced by the non-Abelian gauge field, which enters the kinetic energy term in the Hamiltonian. This is, to the best of authors’ knowledge, a unique and an interesting state in any condensed matter system. Research funding: CSIR, DST, DAE. References : arXiv: 1201.5332, 1108.4872, 1104.5633. 1

Can interaction between emergent excitations be independent of the constituent interactions? Jayantha P. Vyasanakere ∗ and Vijay B. Shenoy † Centre for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India (Dated: November 16, 2012) Abstract Normally, in condensed matter systems, the interaction between emergent excitations will depend on the interactions among their constituents. For example, magnon-magnon interaction depends on the exchange interaction between the spins. Here we illustrate a novel system in which this is not the case. We had recently shown that a non-Abelian gauge field induces a BCS-BEC crossover in a weakly interacting fermionic system. We also showed that the BEC thus obtained is a condensate of novel kind of bosons called rashbons, which are fermion-dimers. Here we study this system by constructing a Gaussian theory of quantum fluctuations and show that the rashbon-rashbon interaction is independent of the interaction between the constituent fermions. In fact, the rashbon-rashbon interaction depends solely on the rashba spin-orbit coupling induced by the non-Abelian gauge field, which enters the kinetic energy term in the Hamiltonian. This is, to the best of authors’ knowledge, a unique and an interesting state in any condensed matter system. Research funding: CSIR, DST, DAE. References : arXiv: 1201.5332, 1108.4872, 1104.5633. 1

Can interaction between emergent excitations be independent <strong>of</strong><br />

the constituent interactions?<br />

Jayantha P. Vyasanakere ∗ and Vijay B. Shenoy †<br />

Centre for Condensed Matter Theory, Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Physics</strong>,<br />

Indian Institute <strong>of</strong> Science, Bangalore 560 012, India<br />

(Dated: November 16, 2012)<br />

Abstract<br />

Normally, in condensed matter systems, the interaction between emergent excitations will depend<br />

on the interactions among their constituents. For example, magnon-magnon interaction depends<br />

on the exchange interaction between the spins. Here we illustrate a novel system in which this is<br />

not the case.<br />

We had recently shown that a non-Abelian gauge field induces a BCS-BEC crossover in a weakly<br />

interacting fermionic system. We also showed that the BEC thus obtained is a condensate <strong>of</strong> novel<br />

kind <strong>of</strong> bosons called rashbons, which are fermion-dimers. Here we study this system by constructing<br />

a Gaussian theory <strong>of</strong> quantum fluctuations and show that the rashbon-rashbon interaction is<br />

independent <strong>of</strong> the interaction between the constituent fermions. In fact, the rashbon-rashbon interaction<br />

depends solely on the rashba spin-orbit coupling induced by the non-Abelian gauge field,<br />

which enters the kinetic energy term in the Hamiltonian.<br />

This is, to the best <strong>of</strong> authors’ knowledge, a unique and an interesting state in any condensed<br />

matter system.<br />

Research funding: CSIR, DST, DAE.<br />

References : arXiv: 1201.5332, 1108.4872, 1104.5633.<br />

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