Phantom energy in the nonlinear response of a quantum many-body scar state

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Yang, Kangning; Zhang, Yicheng; Li, Kuan-Yu; Lin, Kuan-Yu; Gopalakrishnan, Sarang; Rigol, Marcos; Lev, Benjamin L.
• 署名单位: Stanford University; Stanford University; University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman; University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman; Stanford University; Princeton University; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-10966
• DOI: 10.1126/science.adk8978
• 发表日期: 2024-09-06
• 页码: 1063-1067
• 关键词: gas; bosons

摘要

Quantum many-body scars are notable as nonthermal, low-entanglement states that exist at high energies. In this study, we used attractively interacting dysprosium gases to create scar states that are stable enough to be driven into a strongly nonlinear regime while retaining their character. We measured how the kinetic and total energies evolve after quenching the confining potential. Although the bare interactions are attractive, the atoms behave as if they repel each other: Their kinetic energy paradoxically decreases as the gas is compressed. The missing phantom energy is quantified by benchmarking our experimental results against generalized hydrodynamics calculations. We present evidence that the missing kinetic energy is carried by undetected, very high momentum atoms.