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Dissipation Induced Nonstationarity in a Quantum Gas

Quantum Physics 2020-01-01 v2 Quantum Gases Statistical Mechanics Atomic Physics

Abstract

Non-stationary long-time dynamics was recently observed in a driven two-component Bose-Einstein condensate coupled to an optical cavity [N. Dogra, et al. arXiv:1901.05974] and analyzed in mean-field theory. We solve the underlying model in the thermodynamic limit and show that this system is always dynamically unstable -- even when mean-field theory predicts stability. Instabilities always occur in higher-order correlation functions leading to squeezing and entanglement induced by cavity dissipation. The dynamics may be understood as the formation of a dissipative time crystal. We use perturbation theory for finite system sizes to confirm the non-stationary behaviour.

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@article{arxiv.1905.12880,
  title  = {Dissipation Induced Nonstationarity in a Quantum Gas},
  author = {Berislav Buca and Dieter Jaksch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.12880},
  year   = {2020}
}

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Main text: 5 pages, 3 figures and Supplemental material: 6 pages, 2 figures. Version as accepted by Phys. Rev. Lett