Morphological false-vacuum decay in dipolar supersolids
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| author | Kirkby, Wyatt Chomaz, Lauriane Gasenzer, Thomas |
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| contents | False-vacuum decay between two morphologically distinct supersolid phases via bubble nucleation is studied in a uniform dipolar gas confined to the plane. Starting from a metastable honeycomb state, the formation of stripe phase domains is simulated numerically by means of a stochastic projected extended Gross-Pitaevskii equation. The speed of bubble growth is analyzed in relation to the multiple speeds of sound of the supersolid, and is found to be set by the slowest of these sounds. The vacuum decay rate is numerically extracted and compared against a minimal effective model for the Coleman bounce solution connecting the two supersolid orders. Our results establish dipolar supersolids as a novel and versatile platform for studying false-vacuum decay. This setting offers a rich structure of metastable states and collective excitations that come into play in the decay. Furthermore, here, in contrast to previous studies, bubble formation occurs directly in the real-space density and can be probed with \textit{in situ} imaging. |
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| spellingShingle | Morphological false-vacuum decay in dipolar supersolids Kirkby, Wyatt Chomaz, Lauriane Gasenzer, Thomas Quantum Gases High Energy Physics - Phenomenology False-vacuum decay between two morphologically distinct supersolid phases via bubble nucleation is studied in a uniform dipolar gas confined to the plane. Starting from a metastable honeycomb state, the formation of stripe phase domains is simulated numerically by means of a stochastic projected extended Gross-Pitaevskii equation. The speed of bubble growth is analyzed in relation to the multiple speeds of sound of the supersolid, and is found to be set by the slowest of these sounds. The vacuum decay rate is numerically extracted and compared against a minimal effective model for the Coleman bounce solution connecting the two supersolid orders. Our results establish dipolar supersolids as a novel and versatile platform for studying false-vacuum decay. This setting offers a rich structure of metastable states and collective excitations that come into play in the decay. Furthermore, here, in contrast to previous studies, bubble formation occurs directly in the real-space density and can be probed with \textit{in situ} imaging. |
| title | Morphological false-vacuum decay in dipolar supersolids |
| topic | Quantum Gases High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11603 |