Observation of Temperature Effects on False Vacuum Decay in Atomic Quantum Gases
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| author | Cominotti, Riccardo Baroni, Cosetta Rogora, Chiara Andreoni, Diego Guarda, Giacomo Lamporesi, Giacomo Ferrari, Gabriele Zenesini, Alessandro |
| author_facet | Cominotti, Riccardo Baroni, Cosetta Rogora, Chiara Andreoni, Diego Guarda, Giacomo Lamporesi, Giacomo Ferrari, Gabriele Zenesini, Alessandro |
| contents | Temperature plays a crucial role in metastable phenomena, not only by contributing to determine the state (phase) of a system, but also ruling the decay probability to more stable states. Such a situation is encountered in many different physical systems, ranging from chemical reactions to magnetic structures. The characteristic decay timescale is not always straightforward to estimate since it depends on the microscopic details of the system. A paradigmatic example in quantum field theories is the decay of the false vacuum, manifested via the nucleation of bubbles. In this paper, we measure the temperature dependence of the timescale for the false vacuum decay mechanism in an ultracold atomic quantum spin mixture which exhibits ferromagnetic properties. Our results show that the false vacuum decay rate scales with temperature as predicted by the finite-temperature extension of the instanton theory, and confirm atomic systems as an ideal platform where to study out-of-equilibrium field theories. |
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| spellingShingle | Observation of Temperature Effects on False Vacuum Decay in Atomic Quantum Gases Cominotti, Riccardo Baroni, Cosetta Rogora, Chiara Andreoni, Diego Guarda, Giacomo Lamporesi, Giacomo Ferrari, Gabriele Zenesini, Alessandro Quantum Gases Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics Temperature plays a crucial role in metastable phenomena, not only by contributing to determine the state (phase) of a system, but also ruling the decay probability to more stable states. Such a situation is encountered in many different physical systems, ranging from chemical reactions to magnetic structures. The characteristic decay timescale is not always straightforward to estimate since it depends on the microscopic details of the system. A paradigmatic example in quantum field theories is the decay of the false vacuum, manifested via the nucleation of bubbles. In this paper, we measure the temperature dependence of the timescale for the false vacuum decay mechanism in an ultracold atomic quantum spin mixture which exhibits ferromagnetic properties. Our results show that the false vacuum decay rate scales with temperature as predicted by the finite-temperature extension of the instanton theory, and confirm atomic systems as an ideal platform where to study out-of-equilibrium field theories. |
| title | Observation of Temperature Effects on False Vacuum Decay in Atomic Quantum Gases |
| topic | Quantum Gases Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03528 |