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Title: Dynamics of the quantum phase transition in the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model: Excitations and correlations induced by a quench

Abstract

The ground state of the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model at unit filling undergoes the Mott-superfluid quantum phase transition. It belongs to the Kosterlitz-Thouless universality class with an exponential divergence of the correlation length in place of the usual power law. Here, we present numerical simulations of a linear quench both from the Mott insulator to superfluid and back. The results satisfy the scaling hypothesis that follows from the Kibble-Zurek mechanism (KZM). In the superfluid-to-Mott quenches there is no significant excitation in the superfluid phase despite its gaplessness. And since all critical superfluid ground states are qualitatively similar, the excitation begins to build up only after crossing the critical point when the ground state begins to change fundamentally. The last process falls into the KZM framework.

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 [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT); Univ. of Silesia (Poland). Inst. of Physics; Astronomy and Applied Computer Science of the Jagiellonian Univ., Krakow (Poland)
  2. Astronomy and Applied Computer Science of the Jagiellonian Univ., Krakow (Poland)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1412858
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1349957
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-16-29379
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950; PRBMDO; TRN: US1800376
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

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Gardas, Bartłomiej, Dziarmaga, Jacek, and Zurek, Wojciech H. Dynamics of the quantum phase transition in the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model: Excitations and correlations induced by a quench. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.104306.
Gardas, Bartłomiej, Dziarmaga, Jacek, & Zurek, Wojciech H. Dynamics of the quantum phase transition in the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model: Excitations and correlations induced by a quench. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.104306
Gardas, Bartłomiej, Dziarmaga, Jacek, and Zurek, Wojciech H. Fri . "Dynamics of the quantum phase transition in the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model: Excitations and correlations induced by a quench". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.104306. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1412858.
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author = {Gardas, Bartłomiej and Dziarmaga, Jacek and Zurek, Wojciech H.},
abstractNote = {The ground state of the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model at unit filling undergoes the Mott-superfluid quantum phase transition. It belongs to the Kosterlitz-Thouless universality class with an exponential divergence of the correlation length in place of the usual power law. Here, we present numerical simulations of a linear quench both from the Mott insulator to superfluid and back. The results satisfy the scaling hypothesis that follows from the Kibble-Zurek mechanism (KZM). In the superfluid-to-Mott quenches there is no significant excitation in the superfluid phase despite its gaplessness. And since all critical superfluid ground states are qualitatively similar, the excitation begins to build up only after crossing the critical point when the ground state begins to change fundamentally. The last process falls into the KZM framework.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.95.104306},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 10,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Mar 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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