Inflationary preheating dynamics with two-species condensates

We investigate both analytically and numerically a two-component ultracold atom system in one spatial dimension. The model features a tachyonic instability, which incorporates characteristic aspects of the mechanisms for particle production in early universe inflaton models. We establish a direct co...

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Main Authors: Zache, Torsten Victor (Author) , Kasper, Valentin (Author) , Berges, Jürgen (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 30 June 2017
In: Physical review
Year: 2017, Volume: 95, Issue: 6, Pages: 063629
ISSN:2469-9934
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.95.063629
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.063629
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Author Notes:T.V. Zache, V. Kasper, and J. Berges
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Summary:We investigate both analytically and numerically a two-component ultracold atom system in one spatial dimension. The model features a tachyonic instability, which incorporates characteristic aspects of the mechanisms for particle production in early universe inflaton models. We establish a direct correspondence between measurable macroscopic growth rates for occupation numbers of the ultracold Bose gas and the underlying microscopic processes in terms of Feynman loop diagrams. We analyze several existing ultracold atom setups featuring dynamical instabilities and propose optimized protocols for their experimental realization. We demonstrate that relevant dynamical processes can be enhanced using a seeding procedure for unstable modes and clarify the role of initial quantum fluctuations and the generation of a nonlinear secondary stage for the amplification of modes.
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ISSN:2469-9934
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.95.063629