Quantum simulation of expanding space-time with tunnel-coupled condensates
Abstract
We consider two weakly interacting quasi-1D condensates of cold bosonic atoms. It turns out that a time-dependent variation of the tunnel-coupling between those condensates is equivalent with the spatial expansion of a one-dimensional toy-Universe with regard to the dynamics of the relative phase field. The dynamics of this field is governed by the quantum sine-Gordon equation. Thus, this analogy could be used to 'quantum simulate' the dynamics of a scalar, interacting quantum field on an expanding background. We discuss, how to observe the freezing out of quantum fluctuations during an accelerating expansion in a possible experiment. We also discuss an experimental protocol to study the formation of sine-Gordon breathers in the relative phase field out of quantum fluctuations.
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@article{arxiv.1208.2255,
title = {Quantum simulation of expanding space-time with tunnel-coupled condensates},
author = {Clemens Neuenhahn and Florian Marquardt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.2255},
year = {2012}
}
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5+1 pages, 4 figures