An Ideal Mean-Field Transition in a Modulated Cold Atom System
arXiv:1001.0749 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.031134
Abstract
We show that an atomic system in a periodically modulated optical trap displays an ideal mean-field symmetry-breaking transition. The symmetry is broken with respect to time translation by the modulation period. The transition is due to the interplay of the long-range interatomic interaction and nonequilibrium fluctuations. The observed critical dynamics, including anomalous fluctuations in the symmetry broken phase, are fully described by the proposed microscopic theory.
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