2015/02/24 by V. I. Yukalov, Alexey Novikov, A. N. Novikov +2 · 47 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Algorithm #Bose–Einstein condensate #Classical mechanics #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Computer science #Geometry #Inverse #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Non-equilibrium thermodynamics #Physics #Quantum many-body systems #Quantum mechanics #Realization (probability) #State (computer science) #Symmetry (geometry) #Theoretical physics #cond-mat.quant-gas
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2015.02.033
published in Physics Letters A 379(20-21), 1366-1371 (Elsevier BV) · Latex file, 17 pages, 5 figures
openalex publication_date 2015/02/24 · arxiv created 2015/03/31 · arxiv updated 2015/06/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We show that there exists the inverse Kibble-Zurek scenario, when we start with an equilibrium system with broken symmetry and, by imposing perturbations, transform it to a strongly nonequilibrium symmetric state through the sequence of states with spontaneously arising topological defects. We demonstrate the inverse Kibble-Zurek scenario both experimentally, by perturbing the Bose-Einstein condensate of trapped 87Rb atoms, and also by accomplishing numerical simulations for the same setup as in the experiment, the experimental and numerical results being in good agreement with each other.