Direct observation of hydrodynamization and local prethermalization
arXiv:2210.07318 · doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05979-9
Abstract
Hydrodynamics accurately describes relativistic heavy-ion collision experiments well before local thermal equilibrium is established. This unexpectedly rapid onset of hydrodynamics -- which takes place on the fastest available timescale -- is called hydrodynamization. It occurs when an interacting quantum system is quenched with an energy density that is much greater than its initial energy density. During hydrodynamization, energy gets redistributed across very different energy scales. Hydrodynamization precedes local equilibration among momentum modes, which is local prethermalization to a generalized Gibbs ensemble in nearly integrable systems or local thermalization in non-integrable systems. Many theories of quantum dynamics postulate local (pre)thermalization, but the associated timescale has not been quantitatively studied. Here we use an array of 1D Bose gases to directly observe both hydrodynamization and local prethermalization. After we apply a Bragg scattering pulse, hydrodynamization is evident in the fast redistribution of energy among distant momentum modes, which occurs on timescales associated with the Bragg peak energies. Local prethermalization can be seen in the slower redistribution of occupation among nearby momentum modes. We find that the time scale for local prethermalization in our system is inversely proportional to the momenta involved. During hydrodynamization and local prethermalization, existing theories cannot quantitatively model our experiment. Exact theoretical calculations in the Tonks-Girardeau limit show qualitatively similar features.
arXiv comment28 pages, 4 main figures, 8 extended data figures
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