False-vacuum decay in an ultracold spin-1 Bose gas

We propose an ultracold atom analog of false-vacuum decay using all three states of a spin-1 Bose gas. We consider a one-dimensional system with both radio-frequency and optical Raman couplings between internal states. An advantage of our proposal is the lack of a time-modulated coupling, which can...

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Main Authors: Billam, T.P (Author), Brown, K. (Author), Moss, I.G (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2022
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520 3 |a We propose an ultracold atom analog of false-vacuum decay using all three states of a spin-1 Bose gas. We consider a one-dimensional system with both radio-frequency and optical Raman couplings between internal states. An advantage of our proposal is the lack of a time-modulated coupling, which can lead to instabilities. Within the elaborate phase structure of the system, we identify an effective Klein-Gordon field and use Gross-Pitaevskii simulations within the truncated Wigner approximation to model the decay of a metastable state. We examine the dependence of the rate of vacuum decay on particle density for Li7 and K41 and find reasonable agreement with instanton methods. © 2022 American Physical Society. 
650 0 4 |a Bose gas 
650 0 4 |a Bosons 
650 0 4 |a Internal state 
650 0 4 |a Klein-Gordon fields 
650 0 4 |a One-dimensional systems 
650 0 4 |a Optical Raman 
650 0 4 |a Radiofrequencies 
650 0 4 |a Raman coupling 
650 0 4 |a Ultra-cold 
650 0 4 |a Ultracold atoms 
650 0 4 |a Wigner approximation 
700 1 |a Billam, T.P.  |e author 
700 1 |a Brown, K.  |e author 
700 1 |a Moss, I.G.  |e author 
773 |t Physical Review A