Diffraction induced quantum chaos in a one-dimensional Bose gas

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Main Authors: Olshanii, M., Aupetit-Diallo, G., Jackson, S. G., Vignolo, P., Albert, M.
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author Olshanii, M.
Aupetit-Diallo, G.
Jackson, S. G.
Vignolo, P.
Albert, M.
author_facet Olshanii, M.
Aupetit-Diallo, G.
Jackson, S. G.
Vignolo, P.
Albert, M.
contents We investigate the Lieb--Liniger model of interacting one-dimensional bosons coupled to a localized impurity, modeled by a delta barrier. While the Lieb--Liniger gas is integrable, the impurity breaks integrability and induces a transition towards quantum chaos. We show that the low-energy spectrum exhibits random-matrix statistics, in striking contrast to the Bohigas--Giannoni--Schmit conjecture, where chaotic behavior typically emerges at high energy. For two bosons, the odd-parity sector remains integrable, whereas the even-parity sector displays clear signatures of chaos at low energy and a crossover back to quasi-integrable behavior at higher energies. For three bosons, both parity sectors exhibit spectral statistics close to chaos at low energy. We argue that this unconventional form of few-body quantum chaos originates from diffractive processes induced by the impurity.
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spellingShingle Diffraction induced quantum chaos in a one-dimensional Bose gas
Olshanii, M.
Aupetit-Diallo, G.
Jackson, S. G.
Vignolo, P.
Albert, M.
Quantum Gases
Quantum Physics
We investigate the Lieb--Liniger model of interacting one-dimensional bosons coupled to a localized impurity, modeled by a delta barrier. While the Lieb--Liniger gas is integrable, the impurity breaks integrability and induces a transition towards quantum chaos. We show that the low-energy spectrum exhibits random-matrix statistics, in striking contrast to the Bohigas--Giannoni--Schmit conjecture, where chaotic behavior typically emerges at high energy. For two bosons, the odd-parity sector remains integrable, whereas the even-parity sector displays clear signatures of chaos at low energy and a crossover back to quasi-integrable behavior at higher energies. For three bosons, both parity sectors exhibit spectral statistics close to chaos at low energy. We argue that this unconventional form of few-body quantum chaos originates from diffractive processes induced by the impurity.
title Diffraction induced quantum chaos in a one-dimensional Bose gas
topic Quantum Gases
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.13385