Transverse Spin Dynamics in the Anisotropic Heisenberg Model Realized with Ultracold Atoms

In Heisenberg models with exchange anisotropy, transverse spin components are not conserved and can decay not only by transport, but also by dephasing. Here, we utilize ultracold atoms to simulate the dynamics of 1D Heisenberg spin chains and observe fast, local spin decay controlled by the anisotro...

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Main Authors: Paul Niklas Jepsen, Wen Wei Ho, Jesse Amato-Grill, Ivana Dimitrova, Eugene Demler, Wolfgang Ketterle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2021-12-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.041054