Coexistence of localized and extended phases: Many-body localization in a harmonic trap
Titas Chanda, Ruixiao Yao, Jakub Zakrzewski
Abstract
This work shows that interacting particles in a one dimensional optical lattice with strong harmonic confinement behave in a unique way, resulting in an exotic coexistence between spatially separated regions of localized and extended domains. The position of the border between two regions is estimated using local static field arguments coming from Stark localization
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsPosition (finance)HarmonicWork (physics)Condensed matter physicsLattice (music)Field (mathematics)Harmonic spectrumQuantum mechanicsQuantum electrodynamicsAnderson localizationTrap (plumbing)Harmonic oscillatorClassical mechanicsCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein CondensatesQuantum chaos and dynamical systemsQuantum many-body systems