Experimental observation of the Poincaré-Birkhoff scenario in a driven many-body quantum system

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Abstract

Accessing the connection between classical chaos and quantum many-body systems has been a long-standing experimental challenge. Here, we investigate the onset of chaos in periodically driven two-component Bose-Einstein condensates, whose small quantum uncertainties allow for exploring the phase space with high resolution. By analyzing the uncertainties of time-evolved many-body states, we find signatures of elliptic and hyperbolic periodic orbits generated according to the Poincaré-Birkhoff theorem, and the formation of a chaotic region at increasing driving strengths. The employed fluctuation analysis allows for probing the phase-space structure by use of only short-time quantum dynamics.

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer011602
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review A
Jahrgang95
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 12 Jan. 2017
Peer-Review-StatusJa

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Scopus 85009965979
ORCID /0000-0002-7017-3738/work/142253918

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