Exotic critical states as fractional Fermi seas in the one-dimensional Bose gas

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Main Authors: Bastianello, Alvise, Zeng, Yi, Dhar, Sudipta, Wang, Zekui, Yu, Xudong, Horvath, Milena, Astrakharchik, Grigori E., Guo, Yanliang, Nägerl, Hanns-Christoph, Landini, Manuele
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author Bastianello, Alvise
Zeng, Yi
Dhar, Sudipta
Wang, Zekui
Yu, Xudong
Horvath, Milena
Astrakharchik, Grigori E.
Guo, Yanliang
Nägerl, Hanns-Christoph
Landini, Manuele
author_facet Bastianello, Alvise
Zeng, Yi
Dhar, Sudipta
Wang, Zekui
Yu, Xudong
Horvath, Milena
Astrakharchik, Grigori E.
Guo, Yanliang
Nägerl, Hanns-Christoph
Landini, Manuele
contents Critical quantum field theories occupy a central position in modern theoretical physics for their inherent universality stemming from long-range correlations. As an example, the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid (TLL) describes a wealth of one-dimensional quantum systems at low temperatures. Its behavior is deeply rooted in the emergence of an effective Fermi sea, leading to power-law correlations and Friedel oscillations. A promising direction to realize systems exhibiting novel universal behavior beyond TLL is through the generalization of the underlying Fermi sea. In this Letter, we show that fractional Fermi seas with reduced occupancy arise in an integrable Bose gas driven out of equilibrium by cyclic changes in interactions from repulsive to attractive. The correlation functions feature signatures of criticality incompatible with a conventional TLL, suggesting a novel critical phase. Our predictions, based on Generalized Hydrodynamics, are directly relevant to cold atoms.
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spellingShingle Exotic critical states as fractional Fermi seas in the one-dimensional Bose gas
Bastianello, Alvise
Zeng, Yi
Dhar, Sudipta
Wang, Zekui
Yu, Xudong
Horvath, Milena
Astrakharchik, Grigori E.
Guo, Yanliang
Nägerl, Hanns-Christoph
Landini, Manuele
Quantum Gases
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Physics
Critical quantum field theories occupy a central position in modern theoretical physics for their inherent universality stemming from long-range correlations. As an example, the Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid (TLL) describes a wealth of one-dimensional quantum systems at low temperatures. Its behavior is deeply rooted in the emergence of an effective Fermi sea, leading to power-law correlations and Friedel oscillations. A promising direction to realize systems exhibiting novel universal behavior beyond TLL is through the generalization of the underlying Fermi sea. In this Letter, we show that fractional Fermi seas with reduced occupancy arise in an integrable Bose gas driven out of equilibrium by cyclic changes in interactions from repulsive to attractive. The correlation functions feature signatures of criticality incompatible with a conventional TLL, suggesting a novel critical phase. Our predictions, based on Generalized Hydrodynamics, are directly relevant to cold atoms.
title Exotic critical states as fractional Fermi seas in the one-dimensional Bose gas
topic Quantum Gases
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17656