scholarly journals How many particles make up a chaotic many-body quantum system?

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Zisling ◽  
Lea Santos ◽  
Yevgeny Bar Lev
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Quantum Chaos ◽  
Short Range ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Interacting Particles ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Long Range Interactions ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Many Particles ◽  
Number Of Particles

We numerically investigate the minimum number of interacting particles, which is required for the onset of strong chaos in quantum systems on a one-dimensional lattice with short-range and long-range interactions. We consider multiple system sizes which are at least three times larger than the number of particles and find that robust signatures of quantum chaos emerge for as few as 4 particles in the case of short-range interactions and as few as 3 particles for long-range interactions, and without any apparent dependence on the size of the system.

scholarly journals Probing the edge between integrability and quantum chaos in interacting few-atom systems

Quantum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 486
Author(s):  
Thomás Fogarty ◽  
Miguel Ángel García-March ◽  
Lea F. Santos ◽  
Nathan L. Harshman
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Chaos ◽  
Cold Atoms ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Particle Interactions ◽  
Body System ◽  
Many Body ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
The Core ◽  
Emergence Of Chaos ◽  
Number Of Particles

Interacting quantum systems in the chaotic domain are at the core of various ongoing studies of many-body physics, ranging from the scrambling of quantum information to the onset of thermalization. We propose a minimum model for chaos that can be experimentally realized with cold atoms trapped in one-dimensional multi-well potentials. We explore the emergence of chaos as the number of particles is increased, starting with as few as two, and as the number of wells is increased, ranging from a double well to a multi-well Kronig-Penney-like system. In this way, we illuminate the narrow boundary between integrability and chaos in a highly tunable few-body system. We show that the competition between the particle interactions and the periodic structure of the confining potential reveals subtle indications of quantum chaos for 3 particles, while for 4 particles stronger signatures are seen. The analysis is performed for bosonic particles and could also be extended to distinguishable fermions.

scholarly journals Quantum-optical magnets with competing short- and long-range interactions: Rydberg-dressed spin lattice in an optical cavity

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Gelhausen ◽  
Michael Buchhold ◽  
Achim Rosch ◽  
Philipp Strack
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Optics ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Short Range ◽  
Cold Atoms ◽  
Theoretical Modelling ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Spin Lattice ◽  
Long Range Interactions ◽  
Many Body Systems ◽  
Quantum Optical

The fields of quantum simulation with cold atoms and quantum optics are currently being merged. In a set of recent pathbreaking experiments with atoms in optical cavities , lattice quantum many-body systems with both, a short-range interaction and a strong interaction potential of infinite range –mediated by a quantized optical light field– were realized. A theoretical modelling of these systems faces considerable complexity at the interface of: (i) spontaneous symmetry-breaking and emergent phases of interacting many-body systems with a large number of atoms N\rightarrow \inftyN→∞, (ii) quantum optics and the dynamics of fluctuating light fields, and (iii) non-equilibrium physics of driven, open quantum systems. Here we propose what is possibly the simplest, quantum-optical magnet with competing short- and long-range interactions, in which all three elements can be analyzed comprehensively: a Rydberg-dressed spin lattice coherently coupled to a single photon mode. Solving a set of coupled even-odd sublattice master equations for atomic spin and photon mean-field amplitudes, we find three key results. (R1): Superradiance and a coherent photon field appears in combination with spontaneously broken magnetic translation symmetry. The latter is induced by the short-range nearest-neighbor interaction from weakly admixed Rydberg levels. (R2): This broken even-odd sublattice symmetry leaves its imprint in the light via a novel peak in the cavity spectrum beyond the conventional polariton modes. (R3): The combined effect of atomic spontaneous emission, drive, and interactions can lead to phases with anomalous photon number oscillations. Extensions of our work include nano-photonic crystals coupled to interacting atoms and multi-mode photon dynamics in Rydberg systems.

scholarly journals Relaxation of quasi-stationary states in long range interacting systems and a classification of the range of pair interactions

Open Physics ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Marcos ◽  
Andrea Gabrielli ◽  
Michael Joyce
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Asymptotic Form ◽  
Pair Interaction ◽  
Collision Integral ◽  
Stationary States ◽  
Long Range Interactions ◽  
Interacting Systems ◽  
Dynamical Properties ◽  
Number Of Particles

AbstractSystems of particles interacting with long range interactions present generically ”quasi-stationary states” (QSS), which are approximately time-independent out of equilibrium states. In this proceedings, we explore the generalization of the formation of such QSS and their relaxation from the much studied case of gravity to a generic pair interaction with the asymptotic form of the potential v(r) ∼ 1/r γ with γ > 0 in d dimensions. We compute analytic estimations of the relaxation time calculating the rate of two body collisionality in a virialized system approximated as homogeneous. We show that for γ < (d − 1/2), the collision integral is dominated by the size of the system, while for γ > (d − 1/2), it is dominated by small impact parameters. In addition, the lifetime of QSS increases with the number of particles if γ < d − 1 (i.e. the force is not integrable) and decreases if γ > d − 1. Using numerical simulations we confirm our analytic results. A corollary of our work gives a ”dynamical” classification of interactions: the dynamical properties of the system depend on whether the pair force is integrable or not.

scholarly journals Tunable super- and subradiant boundary states in one-dimensional atomic arrays

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anwei Zhang ◽  
Luojia Wang ◽  
Xianfeng Chen ◽  
Vladislav V. Yakovlev ◽  
Luqi Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Long Range ◽  
Quantum States ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Edge States ◽  
Quantum Metrology ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Topological Quantum ◽  
Long Range Interactions ◽  
Boundary States ◽  
Quantum Optical

AbstractEfficient manipulation of quantum states is a key step towards applications in quantum information, quantum metrology, and nonlinear optics. Recently, atomic arrays have been shown to be a promising system for exploring topological quantum optics and robust control of quantum states, where the inherent nonlinearity is included through long-range hoppings. Here we show that a one-dimensional atomic array in a periodic magnetic field exhibits characteristic properties associated with an effective two-dimensional Hofstadter-butterfly-like model. Our work points out super- and sub-radiant topological edge states localized at the boundaries of the atomic array despite featuring long-range interactions, and opens an avenue of exploring an interacting quantum optical platform with synthetic dimensions.

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