Dynamics of a Quantum Phase Transition in a Ferromagnetic Bose-Einstein Condensate

Bogdan Damski and Wojciech H. Zurek
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 130402 – Published 25 September 2007

Abstract

We discuss dynamics of a slow quantum phase transition in a spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate. We analytically determine the scaling properties of the system magnetization and verify them with numerical simulations in a one dimensional model.

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  • Received 9 April 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.130402

©2007 American Physical Society

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Bogdan Damski and Wojciech H. Zurek

  • Theory Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS-B213, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA

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Vol. 99, Iss. 13 — 28 September 2007

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