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Self-bound crystals of antiparallel dipolar mixtures
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Recent experiments have created supersolids of dipolar quantum droplets. The resulting crystals lack, however, a genuine cohesive energy and are maintained by the presence of an external confinement, bearing a resemblance to the case of ion Coulomb crystals. We show that a mixture of two antiparallel dipolar condensates allows for the creation of potentially large, self-bound crystals, which, resembling ionic crystals in solid-state physics, are maintained by the mutual dipolar attraction between the components, with no need of transversal confinement. This opens intriguing possibilities, including three-dimensionally self-bound droplet-ring structures, stripe/labyrinthic patterns, and self-bound crystals of droplets surrounded by an interstitial superfluid, resembling the case of superfluid Helium in porous media.
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ARAZO, Maria, et al. Self-bound crystals of antiparallel dipolar mixtures. Physical Review Research. 2023. Vol. 5, num. 1-7. ISSN 2643-1564. [consulted: 8 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/213313