Formation of cascading discrete time crystals with ultracold atoms

2025
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dc.abstract.enWe 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.affiliationWydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej : Instytut Fizyki Teoretycznej
dc.affiliationSzkoła Doktorska Nauk Ścisłych i Przyrodniczych
dc.contributor.authorGolletz, Weronika - 423930
dc.contributor.authorSacha, Krzysztof - 100749
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-30T10:09:46Z
dc.date.available2025-06-30T10:09:46Z
dc.date.createdat2025-06-24T09:08:19Zen
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.openaccess0
dc.description.accesstimew momencie opublikowania
dc.description.number6
dc.description.versionostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume27
dc.identifier.articleid063202
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1367-2630/ade469
dc.identifier.issn1367-2630
dc.identifier.projectDRC AI
dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/554078
dc.languageeng
dc.language.containereng
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dc.share.typeotwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.endiscrete time crystals
dc.subject.enultracold atoms
dc.subject.enperiodically driven systems
dc.subject.enJastrow ansatz
dc.subtypeArticle
dc.titleFormation of cascading discrete time crystals with ultracold atoms
dc.title.journalNew Journal of Physics
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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.createdaten
2025-06-24T09:08:19Z
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
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