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Area of Science:

  • Quantum Many-Body Physics
  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Quantum Information

Background:

  • Statistical mechanics typically describes thermal equilibrium states.
  • Quantum systems near integrability often fail to thermalize rapidly, instead reaching prethermal states.
  • Prethermal states can be described by generalized Gibbs ensembles (GGE) when conserved quantities exist.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To experimentally investigate the relaxation dynamics of a quantum spin chain after a sudden quench.
  • To explore prethermalization in systems with long-range interactions.
  • To determine if standard GGE can describe these novel prethermal states.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental study of a 22-spin chain using a long-range transverse-field Ising Hamiltonian.
  • Sudden quench protocol to initiate dynamics.
  • Analysis of relaxation dynamics and prethermal state properties.

Main Results:

  • For long-range interactions, the system relaxes to a prethermal state retaining memory of initial conditions.
  • This novel prethermal state cannot be described by a standard GGE.
  • An emergent double-well potential for spin excitations governs this prethermal state.

Conclusions:

  • Prethermalization occurs in a broader range of quantum systems than previously understood.
  • Long-range interactions introduce unique prethermal phenomena not captured by standard GGE.
  • Understanding thermalization in quantum systems with long-range interactions requires new theoretical frameworks.