Quantum dynamics of atoms in number-theory-inspired potentials

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.13988v1
• Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:39:15 GMT
• Title: Quantum dynamics of atoms in number-theory-inspired potentials
• Authors: D. Cassettari, O. V. Marchukov, B. Carruthers, H. Kendell, J. Ruhl, B. De Mitchell Pierre, C. Zara, C. A. Weidner, A. Trombettoni, M. Olshanii, G. Mussardo,
• Abstract summary: We study transitions of atoms between energy levels of several number-theory-inspired atom potentials. We find that a one-body trap with a log-natural spectrum, parametrically driven with a perturbation of a log-natural frequency, provides such a quantum system.
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• Abstract: In this paper we study transitions of atoms between energy levels of several number-theory-inspired atom potentials, under the effect of time-dependent perturbations. First, we simulate in detail the case of a trap whose one-particle spectrum is given by prime numbers. We investigate one-body Rabi oscillations and the excitation lineshape for two resonantly coupled energy levels. We also show that techniques from quantum control are effective in reducing the transition time, compared to the case of a periodic perturbation. Next, we investigate cascades of such transitions. To this end, we pose the following question: can one construct a quantum system where the existence of a continuous resonant cascade is predicted on the validity of a particular statement in number theory? We find that a one-body trap with a log-natural spectrum, parametrically driven with a perturbation of a log-natural frequency, provides such a quantum system. Here, powers of a given natural number will form a ladder of equidistant energy levels; absence of gaps in this ladder is an indication of the validity of the number theory statement in question. Ideas for two more resonance cascade experiments are presented as well: they are designed to illustrate the validity of the Diophantus-Brahmagupta-Fibonacci identity (the set of sums of two squares of integers is closed under multiplication) and the validity of the Goldbach conjecture (every even number is a sum of two primes).

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