Universal non-thermal fixed point for quasi-1D Bose gases

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Main Authors: Liang, Qi, Wu, RuGway, Paranjape, Pradyumna, Schittenkopf, Ben, Li, Chen, Schmiedmayer, Jörg, Erne, Sebastian
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author Liang, Qi
Wu, RuGway
Paranjape, Pradyumna
Schittenkopf, Ben
Li, Chen
Schmiedmayer, Jörg
Erne, Sebastian
author_facet Liang, Qi
Wu, RuGway
Paranjape, Pradyumna
Schittenkopf, Ben
Li, Chen
Schmiedmayer, Jörg
Erne, Sebastian
contents Spatio-temporal scaling dynamics connected to non-thermal fixed points has been suggested as a universal framework to describe the relaxation of isolated far-from-equilibrium systems. Experimental studies in weakly-interacting cold atom systems have found scaling dynamics connected to specific attractors. In our experiments, we study a quantum gas of strongly interacting $^6$Li$_2$ Feshbach molecules, brought far out of equilibrium by imprinting a white-noise phase profile. The observed relaxation follows the same universal dynamics as for the previously observed formation of the order parameter in a shock-cooled gas of weakly interacting $^{87}$Rb atoms. Our results point to a single universal fixed point with a large basin of attraction governing the relaxation of quasi-1D bosonic systems, independent of their specific initial conditions and microscopic details.
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spellingShingle Universal non-thermal fixed point for quasi-1D Bose gases
Liang, Qi
Wu, RuGway
Paranjape, Pradyumna
Schittenkopf, Ben
Li, Chen
Schmiedmayer, Jörg
Erne, Sebastian
Quantum Gases
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Physics
Spatio-temporal scaling dynamics connected to non-thermal fixed points has been suggested as a universal framework to describe the relaxation of isolated far-from-equilibrium systems. Experimental studies in weakly-interacting cold atom systems have found scaling dynamics connected to specific attractors. In our experiments, we study a quantum gas of strongly interacting $^6$Li$_2$ Feshbach molecules, brought far out of equilibrium by imprinting a white-noise phase profile. The observed relaxation follows the same universal dynamics as for the previously observed formation of the order parameter in a shock-cooled gas of weakly interacting $^{87}$Rb atoms. Our results point to a single universal fixed point with a large basin of attraction governing the relaxation of quasi-1D bosonic systems, independent of their specific initial conditions and microscopic details.
title Universal non-thermal fixed point for quasi-1D Bose gases
topic Quantum Gases
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20213