Observation of quantum multi-Mpemba effect in a trapped-ion system

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.21320v1
• Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:21:16 GMT
• Title: Observation of quantum multi-Mpemba effect in a trapped-ion system
• Abstract summary: We experimentally observe multiple trajectory crossings (multi-ME) in the relaxation dynamics of a trapped ion.<n>We develop a theoretical framework based on relaxation speed to understand the multi-ME.<n>Our study goes beyond the simple picture based on the long-time limit, tracks continuously the quantum ME dynamics, and establishes a comprehensive framework to describe the transient quantum relaxation.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: The quantum Mpemba effect (ME) in Markovian systems is conventionally explained by a smaller overlap between the initial state and the slowest decay mode (SDM). Such state, initially farther away from equilibrium or steady state, relaxes faster than closer ones, resulting to a crossing of their trajectories. This picture, by neglecting the transient dynamics, holds in the long-time limit. Here we experimentally observe multiple trajectory crossings (multi-ME) in the relaxation dynamics of a trapped ion. Such novel dynamics takes place in a unusual scenario where the initial state instead has a larger overlap with the SDM. We develop a theoretical framework based on relaxation speed to understand the multi-ME. We show that the initial relaxation speed is governed by the fastest decay mode, which together with the SDM overlap gives a phase diagram that reveals both the occurrence and the types of quantum ME observed in our experiment. Our study goes beyond the simple picture based on the long-time limit, tracks continuously the quantum ME dynamics, and establishes a comprehensive framework to describe the transient quantum relaxation.

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