Cumulant theory of the unitary Bose gas: Prethermal and Efimovian dynamics

V. E. Colussi (Corresponding author), H. Kurkjian, M. Van Regemortel, S. Musolino, J. van de Kraats, S. J. J. M. F. Kokkelmans

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We study the quench of a degenerate ultracold Bose gas to the unitary regime, where interactions are as strong as allowed by quantum mechanics. We lay the foundations of a cumulant theory able to capture simultaneously the three-body Efimov effect and ergodic evolution. After an initial period of rapid quantum depletion, a universal prethermal stage is established characterized by a kinetic temperature and an emergent Bogoliubov dispersion law while the microscopic degrees of freedom remain far-from-equilibrium. Integrability is then broken by higher-order interaction terms in the many-body Hamiltonian, leading to a momentum-dependent departure from power law to decaying exponential behavior of the occupation numbers at large momentum. We find also signatures of the Efimov effect in the many-body dynamics and make a precise identification between the observed beating phenomenon and the binding energy of an Efimov trimer. Throughout the work, our predictions for a uniform gas are quantitatively compared with experimental results for quenched unitary Bose gases in uniform potentials.
Originele taal-2Engels
Artikelnummer063314
Aantal pagina's29
TijdschriftPhysical Review A
Volume102
Nummer van het tijdschrift6
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - 11 dec. 2020

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38 pages, 12 figures

Financiering

Belgian American Educational Foundation

FinanciersFinanciernummer
European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme
Research Foundation FlandersG042915N, G016219N
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions665501
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek680-47-623
Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter

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