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Area of Science:

  • Quantum physics
  • Ultracold atomic gases
  • Many-body systems

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  • Strongly interacting many-body bosonic systems are crucial for quantum research.
  • Coupled ultracold atom-molecule gases offer a platform for realizing such systems.
  • Unstable equilibrium states can lead to uncontrolled atom-molecule conversion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To numerically demonstrate dynamic stabilization of a specific bosonic system.
  • To investigate control methods for unstable equilibrium states.
  • To analyze the stability of atom-molecule conversion dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Numerical simulations of a many-body bosonic system.
  • Initialization to an unstable equilibrium state (saddle point).
  • Application of periodic modulation to shift relative phase and limit interconversion.

Main Results:

  • A stability diagram showing effective modulation parameters (amplitude, period).
  • Validation of time-average calculations using orbit tracking.
  • Comparison with maximum absolute deviation analysis.

Conclusions:

  • Periodic modulation can dynamically stabilize the studied bosonic system.
  • Quantum fluctuations may limit the applicability of mean-field results.
  • The findings provide insights into controlling complex quantum systems.