Geometry Dynamics in Chiral Superfluids

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Main Authors: Bai, Yuting, Cardoso, Gabriel, Malek, Rajae, Jiang, Qing-Dong
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author Bai, Yuting
Cardoso, Gabriel
Malek, Rajae
Jiang, Qing-Dong
author_facet Bai, Yuting
Cardoso, Gabriel
Malek, Rajae
Jiang, Qing-Dong
contents We investigate the geometric response of chiral superfluids when coupled to a dynamic background geometry. We find that geometry fluctuations, represented by the flexural mode, interact with the superfluid phase fluctuations (the Goldstone mode). Starting from a minimally coupled theory, we derive the equilibrium conditions for a static background defined by supercurrent, curvature, and tension, and then obtain linearized equations for the propagation of the Goldstone and flexural modes. The equations reveal distinctive chirality-dependent effects in the propagation of the flexural mode. Specifically, a background supercurrent induces a chiral drag effect, localizing flexural waves at the superfluid boundary, while background curvature introduces anisotropic corrections to the superfluid phase and group velocities, as well as a tension in the flexural mode dispersion. Furthermore, curvature couples flexural and phase modes into dressed excitations, with tilted Dirac cones along the principal curvature directions. These effects provide dynamical signatures of the formation of a chiral condensate, and can be tuned by manipulating the background geometry.
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Bai, Yuting
Cardoso, Gabriel
Malek, Rajae
Jiang, Qing-Dong
Quantum Gases
We investigate the geometric response of chiral superfluids when coupled to a dynamic background geometry. We find that geometry fluctuations, represented by the flexural mode, interact with the superfluid phase fluctuations (the Goldstone mode). Starting from a minimally coupled theory, we derive the equilibrium conditions for a static background defined by supercurrent, curvature, and tension, and then obtain linearized equations for the propagation of the Goldstone and flexural modes. The equations reveal distinctive chirality-dependent effects in the propagation of the flexural mode. Specifically, a background supercurrent induces a chiral drag effect, localizing flexural waves at the superfluid boundary, while background curvature introduces anisotropic corrections to the superfluid phase and group velocities, as well as a tension in the flexural mode dispersion. Furthermore, curvature couples flexural and phase modes into dressed excitations, with tilted Dirac cones along the principal curvature directions. These effects provide dynamical signatures of the formation of a chiral condensate, and can be tuned by manipulating the background geometry.
title Geometry Dynamics in Chiral Superfluids
topic Quantum Gases
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23375