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Area of Science:

  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Statistical Mechanics

Background:

  • Connecting microscopic quantum laws to macroscopic classical phenomena is a persistent scientific challenge.
  • Predicting emergent classical properties like diffusivity from quantum Hamiltonians is complex.
  • Understanding emergent phenomena is key to unifying physics descriptions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel hybrid solid-state spin platform for studying emergent classical properties.
  • To investigate unconventional spin diffusion at nanometre scales.
  • To demonstrate control over emergent spin diffusion coefficients.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a hybrid solid-state spin platform with a disordered, dipolar quantum Hamiltonian.
  • Introducing positional disorder and on-site random fields to induce diffusive dynamics.
  • Tuning quantum Hamiltonian parameters with static and driven fields.

Main Results:

  • Observed unconventional spin diffusion at nanometre length scales.
  • Demonstrated Fickian yet non-Gaussian diffusive dynamics.
  • Achieved direct control over the emergent spin diffusion coefficient.

Conclusions:

  • The developed platform facilitates the emergence of unconventional spin diffusion from quantum laws.
  • This work provides a method to quantitatively link quantum Hamiltonians to classical properties.
  • Enables future investigations into hydrodynamics within many-body quantum spin systems.