Observation of slow relaxation due to Hilbert space fragmentation in strongly interacting Bose-Hubbard chains

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.02959v1
• Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:52:58 GMT
• Title: Observation of slow relaxation due to Hilbert space fragmentation in strongly interacting Bose-Hubbard chains
• Authors: Kantaro Honda, Yosuke Takasu, Shimpei Goto, Hironori Kazuta, Masaya Kunimi, Ippei Danshita, Yoshiro Takahashi,
• Abstract summary: We experimentally investigate the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard system with neither disorder nor tilt potential. We find that the numbers of singlons and doublons are conserved during the dynamics, indicating HSF as a mechanism of the observed slow relaxation.
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• Abstract: While isolated quantum systems generally thermalize after long-time evolution, there are several exceptions defying thermalization. A notable mechanism of such nonergodicity is the Hilbert space fragmentation (HSF), where the Hamiltonian matrix splits into an exponentially large number of sectors due to the presence of nontrivial conserved quantities. Using ultracold gases, here we experimentally investigate the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard system with neither disorder nor tilt potential, which has been predicted to exhibit HSF caused by a strong interatomic interaction. Specifically, we analyze far-from-equilibrium dynamics starting from a charge-density wave of doublons (atoms in doubly occupied sites) in a singlon and doublon-resolved manner to reveal a slowing-down of the relaxation in a strongly interacting regime. We find that the numbers of singlons and doublons are conserved during the dynamics, indicating HSF as a mechanism of the observed slow relaxation. Our results provide the first experimental confirmation of the conserved quantities responsible for HSF.

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