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Geometrizing Quantum Dynamics of a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Changyuan Lyu1, Chenwei Lv1, Qi Zhou1,2
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
Abstract:
We show that quantum dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates in the weakly interacting regime can be geometrized by a Poincaré disk. Each point on such a disk represents a thermofield double state, the overlap between which equals the metric of this hyperbolic space. This approach leads to a unique geometric interpretation of stable and unstable modes as closed and open trajectories on the Poincaré disk, respectively. The resonant modes that follow geodesics naturally equate fundamental quantities including the time, the length, and the temperature. Our work suggests a new geometric framework to coherently control quantum systems and reverse their dynamics using SU(1,1) echoes. In the presence of perturbations breaking the SU(1,1) symmetry, SU(1,1) echoes deliver a new means to measure these perturbations such as the interactions between excited particles.
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