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Emergent kinetic constraints, ergodicity breaking, and cooperative dynamics in noisy quantum systems

Everest, B.; Marcuzzi, M.; Garrahan, Juan P.; Lesanovsky, I.

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B. Everest

M. Marcuzzi



Abstract

Kinetically constrained spin systems play an important role in understanding key properties of the dynamics of slowly relaxing materials, such as glasses. Recent experimental studies have revealed that manifest kinetic constraints govern the evolution of strongly interacting gases of highly excited atoms in a noisy environment. Motivated by this development we explore which types of kinetically constrained dynamics can generally emerge in quantum spin systems subject to strong noise and show how, in this framework, constraints are accompanied by conservation laws. We discuss an experimentally realizable case of a lattice gas, where the interplay between those and the geometry of the lattice leads to collective behavior and time-scale separation even at infinite temperature. This is in contrast to models of glass-forming substances which typically rely on low temperatures and the consequent suppression of thermal activation.

Citation

Everest, B., Marcuzzi, M., Garrahan, J. P., & Lesanovsky, I. (2016). Emergent kinetic constraints, ergodicity breaking, and cooperative dynamics in noisy quantum systems. Physical Review E, 94(5), Article 052108. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.94.052108

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 4, 2016
Online Publication Date Nov 4, 2016
Publication Date Nov 4, 2016
Deposit Date Jan 3, 2017
Publicly Available Date Jan 3, 2017
Journal Physical Review E
Print ISSN 2470-0045
Electronic ISSN 2470-0053
Publisher American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 94
Issue 5
Article Number 052108
DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.94.052108
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/829958
Publisher URL http://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.94.052108
Contract Date Jan 3, 2017

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