Self-bound dipolar droplets and supersolids in molecular Bose-Einstein condensates

@article{Schmidt2021SelfboundDD,
  title={Self-bound dipolar droplets and supersolids in molecular Bose-Einstein condensates},
  author={Matthias Schmidt and Lucas Lassabli{\`e}re and Goulven Qu'em'ener and Tim Langen},
  journal={Physical Review Research},
  year={2021}
}
We numerically study the many-body physics of molecular Bose-Einstein condensates with strong dipole-dipole interactions. We observe the formation of self-bound droplets, and explore phase diagrams that feature a variety of exotic supersolid states. In all of these cases, the large and tunable molecular dipole moments enable the study of unexplored regimes and phenomena, including liquidlike density saturation and universal stability scaling laws for droplets, as well as pattern formation and… 
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