Many-body Quantum Scar (IMAGE)

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Many-body Quantum Scar

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At the bottom one can see 10 atoms oscillating between ground state (black) and excited state (white). Since this is a quantum system, atoms can be simultaneously in the superposition of all possible 47 configurations. Top plot shows the different probabilities of these individual configurations over time.

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IST Austria/Maksym Serbyn

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