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Rotation of Quantum Impurities in the Presence of a Many-Body Environment

Rotation of Quantum Impurities in the Presence of a Many-Body Environment

We develop a microscopic theory describing a quantum impurity whose rotational degree of freedom is coupled to a many-particle bath. We approach the problem by introducing the concept of an "angulon"-a quantum rotor dressed by a quantum field-and reveal its quasiparticle properties using a combination of variational and diagrammatic techniques. …