Nonperturbative quantum field theory for pseudo-Goldstone modes, slow-Goldstone modes, and their quantum chaos
Abstract
In this work, we develop a novel form of non-perturbative theory to identify a light pseudo-Goldstone mode with a small mass, as well as a new type of Goldstone mode with a tiny slope (termed the slow-Goldstone mode), which may not be obtained via traditional perturbative methods. We demonstrate our formalism in the context of superfluids formed by Rashba spin-orbit coupled spinor bosons in a square lattice weakly interacting with a spin-anisotropic interaction. The experimental detections of these two modes, especially their roles leading to the quantum information scramblings at a finite temperature are discussed. The slow-Goldstone mode is compared with the slow light and the soft mode in the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev models. This non-perturbative formalism can be widely applied to study other emergent particles in various quantum matter.
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@article{arxiv.2508.14491,
title = {Nonperturbative quantum field theory for pseudo-Goldstone modes, slow-Goldstone modes, and their quantum chaos},
author = {Fadi Sun and Jinwu Ye},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.14491},
year = {2025}
}
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16 pages, 5 figures, 4 appendices