Phase-space localization at the lowest Landau level
We consider bosons with weak contact interactions in a harmonic trap and focus on states at the lowest Landau level. Motivated by the known nontrivial phase-space topography of the energy functional of the corresponding Gross-Pitaevskii equation, we explore Husimi distributions of quantum energy eigenstates in the classical phase space of the Schr"odinger field. With interactions turned off, the energy levels are highly degenerate and the Husimi distributions do not manifest any particular localization properties. With interactions turned on, the degeneracy is lifted, and a selection of energy levels emerges whose Husimi distributions are localized around low-dimensional surfaces in the phase space.
Authors
- Marine De Clerck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5949-9924)
- Ben Craps (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0805-0403)
- Maxim Pavlov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3417-619X)
- Oleg Evnin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5999-778X)
Institutions
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- Chulalongkorn University (TH)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. A/Physical review, A
- Published
- 2024-12-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.110.063325
- Primary Topic
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Vlaamse regering
- Science and Technology Facilities Council