Spatiotemporal dynamics of particle collisions in quantum spin chains

We show that quantum Ising chains provide a platform to realize and probe elastic and inelastic particle collisions in pristine form. The proposed setup allows us to monitor the whole spatiotemporal dynamics of the collision event. The considered Ising chains admit a natural realization in various q...

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Main Authors: P. I. Karpov, G.-Y. Zhu, M. P. Heller, M. Heyl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2022-07-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.L032001