| Zugriffsnummer | 29244 |
| Dokumenttyp | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Peer Review | mit Peer Review |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Titel | Topological defect formation and spontaneous symmetry breaking in ion Coulomb crystals |
| Autor(in); Institution |
Pyka, Karsten; QUEST Institute for Experimental Quantum Metrology, PTB-Braunschweig
Keller, Jonas; QUEST Institute for Experimental Quantum Metrology, PTB-Braunschweig
Partner, Heather L.; QUEST Institute for Experimental Quantum Metrology, PTB-Braunschweig
Nigmatullin, Raman; Universität Ulm, Institut für Quantenoptik, Ulm, GERMANY
Burgermeister, Tobias; QUEST Institute for Experimental Quantum Metrology, PTB-Braunschweig
Meier, David M.; QUEST Institute for Experimental Quantum Metrology, PTB-Braunschweig
Kuhlmann, Kristijan; QUEST Institute for Experimental Quantum Metrology, PTB-Braunschweig
Retzker, Alex; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Racah Institute of Physics, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
Plenio, M. B.; Ulm University, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ulm, GERMANY
Zurek, W. H.; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos, USA
Campo del, A.; Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos, USA
Mehlstäubler, Tanja E.; QUEST Institute for Experimental Quantum Metrology, PTB-Braunschweig
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| Quelle/Jahr | Nature Communications: 4 (2013), 1 - 6 |
| Artikelnummer | 2291 |
| Availability | [online only] |
| ISSN | 2041-1723 |
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| URL | |
| Verlag | London: Nature Publishing Group |
| Freie Schlagworte | Ion Trap ; Ion Coulomb Crystals ; Metrology |
| Zusammenfassung | Symmetry breaking phase transitions play an important role in nature. When a system traverses such a transition at a finite rate, its causally disconnected regions choose the new broken symmetry state independently. Where such local choices are incompatible, topological defects can form. The Kibble–Zurek mechanism predicts the defect densities to follow a power law that scales with the rate of the transition. Owing to its ubiquitous nature, this theory finds application in a wide field of systems ranging from cosmology to condensed matter. Here we present the successful creation of defects in ion Coulomb crystals by a controlled quench of the confining potential, and observe an enhanced power law scaling in accordance with numerical simulations and recent predictions. This simple system with well-defined critical exponents opens up ways to investigate the physics of non-equilibrium dynamics from the classical to the quantum regime. |
| Kostenfreier Zugang | Open Access Gold |
Zitierung
Pyka, K., Keller, J., Partner, H. L., Nigmatullin, R., Burgermeister, T., Meier, D. M., Kuhlmann, K., Retzker, A., Plenio, M. B., Zurek, W. H., Campo del, A., & Mehlstäubler, T. E. (2013). Topological defect formation and spontaneous symmetry breaking in ion Coulomb crystals. Nature Communications, 4, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3291