Su, G.-X. orcid.org/0000-0001-7936-762X, Sun, H., Hudomal, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-2782-2675 et al. (7 more authors) (2023) Observation of many-body scarring in a Bose-Hubbard quantum simulator. Physical Review Research, 5 (2). 023010. ISSN 2643-1564
Abstract
The ongoing quest for understanding nonequilibrium dynamics of complex quantum systems underpins the foundation of statistical physics as well as the development of quantum technology. Quantum many-body scarring has recently opened a window into novel mechanisms for delaying the onset of thermalization by preparing the system in special initial states, such as the Z 2 state in a Rydberg atom system. Here we realize many-body scarring in a Bose-Hubbard quantum simulator from previously unknown initial conditions such as the unit-filling state. We develop a quantum-interference protocol for measuring the entanglement entropy and demonstrate that scarring traps the many-body system in a low-entropy subspace. Our work makes the resource of scarring accessible to a broad class of ultracold-atom experiments, and it allows one to explore the relation of scarring to constrained dynamics in lattice gauge theories, Hilbert space fragmentation, and disorder-free localization.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This item is protected by copyright. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Theoretical Physics (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Leverhulme Trust RL-2019-015 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2023 11:22 |
Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2023 11:22 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1103/physrevresearch.5.023010 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:202284 |