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T. Vibel

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Fock State Sampling Method -- Characteristic temperature of maximal fluctuations for interacting bosons in box potentials

We study the statistical properties of a gas of interacting bosons trapped in a box potential in two and three dimensions. Our primary focus is the characteristic temperature $\tchar$, i.e. the temperature at which the fluctuations of the number of condensed atoms (or, in 2D, the number of motionless atoms) is maximal. Using the Fock State Sampling method, we show that $\tchar$ increases due to interaction. In 3D, this temperature converges to the critical temperature in the thermodynamic limit. In 2D we show the general applicability of the method by obtaining a generalized dependence of the characteristic temperature on the interaction strength. Finally, we discuss the experimental conditions necessary for the verification of our theoretical predictions.

quant-ph

Observation of Microcanonical Atom Number Fluctuations in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Quantum systems are typically characterized by the inherent fluctuation of their physical observables. Despite this fundamental importance, the investigation of the fluctuations in interacting quantum systems at finite temperature continues to pose considerable theoretical and experimental challenges. Here we report the characterization of atom number fluctuations in weakly interacting Bose-Einstein condensates. Technical fluctuations are mitigated through a combination of non-destructive detection and active stabilization of the cooling sequence. We observe fluctuations reduced by \SI{27}{\percent} below the canonical expectation for a non-interacting gas, revealing the microcanonical nature of our system. The peak fluctuations have near linear scaling with atom number $ΔN_{0,\mathrm{p}}^2 \propto N^{1.134}$ in an experimentally accessible transition region outside the thermodynamic limit. Our experimental results thus set a benchmark for theoretical calculations under typical experimental conditions.

cond-mat.quant-gas