This category explores the fascinating world of quantum gases, where scientists cool atoms to temperatures near absolute zero to create exotic states of matter. In these extreme conditions, individual atoms begin to behave like a single giant wave, revealing strange quantum effects that are usually hidden in our everyday warm world. These experiments help researchers understand the fundamental rules governing matter and could one day lead to revolutionary new technologies like ultra-precise sensors or quantum computers.

On Gist.Science, we process every new preprint in this field directly from arXiv to make these complex discoveries accessible to everyone. Our team provides both plain-language overviews for the curious mind and detailed technical summaries for experts, ensuring you get the full picture without getting lost in the jargon. Below are the latest papers from arXiv in Cond-Mat — Quant-Gas, freshly summarized and ready for you to explore.

Supersolid phase in two-dimensional soft-core bosons at finite temperature

This study investigates the finite-temperature phase diagram of two-dimensional soft-core bosons using self-consistent Hartree-Fock and quantum Monte Carlo methods, identifying a broad supersolid phase and a potential intermediate hexatic phase while validating mean-field theory as an effective tool for analyzing these transitions.

Sebastiano Peotta, Gabriele Spada, Stefano Giorgini, Sebastiano Pilati, Alessio Recati2026-04-23🔬 cond-mat

Structure of the mean-field yrast spectrum of a two-component Bose gas in a ring: role of interaction asymmetry

This paper investigates how interaction asymmetry modifies the mean-field yrast spectrum of a two-component Bose gas in a ring, revealing that the emergence and stability of fractional-angular-momentum plane-wave states depend critically on whether intra-component interactions are weaker or stronger than inter-component interactions, leading to either continuous evolution or branch-crossing mechanisms.

Hui Tang, Guan-Hua Huang, Shizhong Zhang, Zhigang Wu, Eugene Zaremba2026-04-23🔬 physics.atom-ph

Asymmetric and chiral dynamics of two-component anyons with synthetic gauge flux

This study investigates the non-equilibrium dynamics of a one-dimensional two-component anyon-Hubbard model mapped to an extended Bose-Hubbard ladder, revealing that the interplay of anyonic statistics, synthetic gauge flux, and interactions induces asymmetric transport, dynamical symmetries, and tunable chiral or antichiral expansion behaviors.

Rui-Jie Chen, Ying-Xin Huang, Guo-Qing Zhang, Dan-Wei Zhang2026-04-23🔬 cond-mat

Topological Word for Non-Abelian Topological Insulators

This paper proposes a unified framework called the "topological word," which uses an ordered sequence of non-Abelian charges to fully characterize the bulk-boundary correspondence in multigap non-Abelian topological insulators by capturing both global homotopy topology and crucial band-adjacency information, a method validated across static and Floquet systems that remains insightful even when global topology is ill-defined.

Zhenming Zhang, Tianyu Li, Wei Yi2026-04-23🔬 cond-mat.mes-hall

Interaction-induced asymmetry in infinite-temperature dynamical correlations of hard-core anyons

This paper demonstrates that while infinite-temperature density-density correlations in interacting hard-core anyons remain insensitive to fractional statistics and follow standard XXZ transport regimes, single-particle Green's functions exhibit a pronounced interaction-induced left-right asymmetry and statistical-angle-dependent decay, revealing dynamical correlations as direct probes of fractional statistics in high-entropy quantum systems.

Doru Sticlet, Ovidiu I. Pâtu, Balázs Dóra, C\u{a}t\u{a}lin Pascu Moca2026-04-23🔬 cond-mat