TY - JOUR AU - Deng, X.-L. D AU - Porras Torres, Diego AU - Cirac, J. Ignacio PY - 2008 DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.77.033403 SN - 1050-2947 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52214 T2 - Physical review A AB - The vibrations of a chain of trapped ions can be considered, under suitable experimental conditions, as an ensemble of interacting phonons, whose quantum dynamics is governed by a Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian. In this work we study the quantum phases... LA - eng PB - American Physical Society KW - Renormalization-groups KW - Transition KW - Superfluid KW - Insulator KW - Atoms TI - Quantum phases of interacting phonons in ion traps TY - journal article VL - 77 ER -