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Formation of cascading discrete time crystals with ultracold atoms
discrete time crystals
ultracold atoms
periodically driven systems
Jastrow ansatz
We study discrete time crystal (DTC) formation in a system driven periodically by an oscillating atomic mirror, consisting of two distinct ultracold atomic clouds in the presence of a gravitational field. The intra-species interactions are weak and attractive, while the inter-species interactions are infinitely strong and repulsive. The clouds are arranged in a one-dimensional stack, where the bottom cloud bounces on an oscillating atomic mirror, which effectively acts as a driving force for the upper cloud due to the infinite inter-species repulsion. Using a Jastrow-like variational ansatz for the many-body wavefunction, we show numerically that sufficiently strong attractive intra-species interactions drive each subsystem to spontaneously break discrete time translation symmetry, resulting in the formation of a cascading DTC evolving with a period different than the driving period. Since the bottom cloud serves as the effective periodic driving for the upper cloud, this leads to a cascade of spontaneous symmetry breaking. With increasing intra-species interactions, we first observe a pronounced effect of spontaneous time translation symmetry breaking in the upper cloud, followed by a similar effect in the lower atomic cloud.
dc.abstract.en | We study discrete time crystal (DTC) formation in a system driven periodically by an oscillating atomic mirror, consisting of two distinct ultracold atomic clouds in the presence of a gravitational field. The intra-species interactions are weak and attractive, while the inter-species interactions are infinitely strong and repulsive. The clouds are arranged in a one-dimensional stack, where the bottom cloud bounces on an oscillating atomic mirror, which effectively acts as a driving force for the upper cloud due to the infinite inter-species repulsion. Using a Jastrow-like variational ansatz for the many-body wavefunction, we show numerically that sufficiently strong attractive intra-species interactions drive each subsystem to spontaneously break discrete time translation symmetry, resulting in the formation of a cascading DTC evolving with a period different than the driving period. Since the bottom cloud serves as the effective periodic driving for the upper cloud, this leads to a cascade of spontaneous symmetry breaking. With increasing intra-species interactions, we first observe a pronounced effect of spontaneous time translation symmetry breaking in the upper cloud, followed by a similar effect in the lower atomic cloud. | |
dc.affiliation | Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej : Instytut Fizyki Teoretycznej | |
dc.affiliation | Szkoła Doktorska Nauk Ścisłych i Przyrodniczych | |
dc.contributor.author | Golletz, Weronika - 423930 | |
dc.contributor.author | Sacha, Krzysztof - 100749 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-06-30T10:09:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-06-30T10:09:46Z | |
dc.date.createdat | 2025-06-24T09:08:19Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
dc.date.openaccess | 0 | |
dc.description.accesstime | w momencie opublikowania | |
dc.description.number | 6 | |
dc.description.version | ostateczna wersja wydawcy | |
dc.description.volume | 27 | |
dc.identifier.articleid | 063202 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/1367-2630/ade469 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1367-2630 | |
dc.identifier.project | DRC AI | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/554078 | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.language.container | eng | |
dc.rights | Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa | |
dc.rights.licence | CC-BY | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl | |
dc.share.type | otwarte czasopismo | |
dc.subject.en | discrete time crystals | |
dc.subject.en | ultracold atoms | |
dc.subject.en | periodically driven systems | |
dc.subject.en | Jastrow ansatz | |
dc.subtype | Article | |
dc.title | Formation of cascading discrete time crystals with ultracold atoms | |
dc.title.journal | New Journal of Physics | |
dc.type | JournalArticle | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | en |