Quantum many-body scars in optical lattices
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Zhao, Hongzheng
Vovrosh, Joseph
Mintert, Florian
Knolle, Johannes
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The concept of quantum many-body scars has recently been put forward as a route to describe weak ergodicity breaking and violation of the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis. We propose a simple setup to generate quantum many-body scars in a doubly modulated Bose-Hubbard system which can be readily implemented in cold atomic gases. The dynamics are shown to be governed by kinetic constraints which appear via density-assisted tunneling in a high-frequency expansion. We find the optimal driving parameters for the kinetically constrained hopping which leads to small isolated subspaces of scared eigenstates. The experimental signatures and the transition to fully thermalizing behavior as a function of driving frequency are analyzed.
Date Issued
2020-04-24
Date Acceptance
2020-04-01
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2020, 124 (16), pp.160604 – 1-160604 – 6
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Start Page
160604 – 1
End Page
160604 – 6
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
124
Issue
16
Copyright Statement
© 2020 American Physical Society
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Identifier
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Grant Number
EP/T001062/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Physics
THERMALIZATION
DYNAMICS
GASES
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 160604
Date Publish Online
2020-04-24