Published June 28, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Symmetry oscillations in strongly interacting one-dimensional mixtures

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Multi-component quantum mixtures in one dimension can be characterized by their symmetry under particle exchange. For a strongly-interacting Bose-Bose mixture, we show that the time evolution of the momentum distribution from an initially symmetry-mixed state is quasi-constant for a SU(2) symmetry conserving Hamiltonian, while it displays large oscillations in time for the symmetry-breaking case where inter- and intra-species interactions are different. Using the property that the momentum distribution operator at strong interactions commutes with the class-sum operator, the latter acting as a symmetry witness, we show that the momentum distribution oscillations correspond to symmetry oscillations, with a mechanism analog to neutrino flavour oscillations.

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October 15, 2024
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October 15, 2024