2011/12/06 by L. Mathey, Ludwig Mathey, Kenneth J. Günter +4 · 23 citations
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Bose–Einstein condensate #Chemistry #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Condensed matter physics #Kosterlitz–Thouless transition #Materials science #Phase transition #Physics #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics #Strong Light-Matter Interactions #Transition (genetics) #Ultracold atom #cond-mat.quant-gas #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.95.053630
published in Physical Review A 95(5) (American Physical Society) · 5 pages, 6 figures
arxiv created 2011/12/06 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex publication_date 2017/05/24 · arxiv updated 2017/05/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We propose a realistic experiment to demonstrate a dynamic Kosterlitz-Thouless transition in ultracold atomic gases in two dimensions. With a numerical implementation of the truncated Wigner approximation we simulate the time evolution of several correlation functions, which can be measured via matter wave interference. We demonstrate that the relaxational dynamics is well described by a real-time renormalization-group approach and argue that these experiments can guide the development of a theoretical framework for the understanding of critical dynamics.