Observation of anisotropy-independent magnetization dynamics in spatially disordered Heisenberg spin systems

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Autori principali: Franz, Titus, Geier, Sebastian, Hainaut, Clément, Braemer, Adrian, Thaicharoen, Nithiwadee, Hornung, Moritz, Braun, Eduard, Gärttner, Martin, Zürn, Gerhard, Weidemüller, Matthias
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author Franz, Titus
Geier, Sebastian
Hainaut, Clément
Braemer, Adrian
Thaicharoen, Nithiwadee
Hornung, Moritz
Braun, Eduard
Gärttner, Martin
Zürn, Gerhard
Weidemüller, Matthias
author_facet Franz, Titus
Geier, Sebastian
Hainaut, Clément
Braemer, Adrian
Thaicharoen, Nithiwadee
Hornung, Moritz
Braun, Eduard
Gärttner, Martin
Zürn, Gerhard
Weidemüller, Matthias
contents An important step towards a comprehensive understanding of far-from-equilibrium dynamics of quantum many-body systems is the identification of unifying features that are independent of microscopic details of the system. We experimentally observe such robust features in the magnetization relaxation dynamics of disordered Heisenberg XX-, XXZ- and Ising Hamiltonians. We realize these Heisenberg spin models with tunable anisotropy parameter and power-law interactions in an ensemble of Rydberg atoms by encoding the spin in suitable Rydberg state combinations. We consistently observe stretched-exponential relaxation of magnetization for all considered spin models, collapsing onto a single curve after appropriate rescaling of time. This robust short-time relaxation behavior is explained by a perturbative treatment that exploits the strong disorder in pairwise couplings, which leads to a description in terms of approximately independent pairs of spins. In numerical simulations of small systems, we show that these pairs of spins constitute approximate local integrals of motion, which remain at least partially conserved on a timescale exceeding the duration of the relaxation dynamics of the magnetization.
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spellingShingle Observation of anisotropy-independent magnetization dynamics in spatially disordered Heisenberg spin systems
Franz, Titus
Geier, Sebastian
Hainaut, Clément
Braemer, Adrian
Thaicharoen, Nithiwadee
Hornung, Moritz
Braun, Eduard
Gärttner, Martin
Zürn, Gerhard
Weidemüller, Matthias
Quantum Physics
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
An important step towards a comprehensive understanding of far-from-equilibrium dynamics of quantum many-body systems is the identification of unifying features that are independent of microscopic details of the system. We experimentally observe such robust features in the magnetization relaxation dynamics of disordered Heisenberg XX-, XXZ- and Ising Hamiltonians. We realize these Heisenberg spin models with tunable anisotropy parameter and power-law interactions in an ensemble of Rydberg atoms by encoding the spin in suitable Rydberg state combinations. We consistently observe stretched-exponential relaxation of magnetization for all considered spin models, collapsing onto a single curve after appropriate rescaling of time. This robust short-time relaxation behavior is explained by a perturbative treatment that exploits the strong disorder in pairwise couplings, which leads to a description in terms of approximately independent pairs of spins. In numerical simulations of small systems, we show that these pairs of spins constitute approximate local integrals of motion, which remain at least partially conserved on a timescale exceeding the duration of the relaxation dynamics of the magnetization.
title Observation of anisotropy-independent magnetization dynamics in spatially disordered Heisenberg spin systems
topic Quantum Physics
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.08080