Information compression at the turbulent phase transition in cold-atom gases

Autor: R. Giampaoli, J. L. Figueiredo, J. D. Rodrigues, J. A. Rodrigues, H. Terças, J. T. Mendonça
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Physical Review Research, Vol 5, Iss 4, p 043303 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2643-1564
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.043303
Popis: The statistical properties of physical systems in thermal equilibrium are blatantly different from their far-from-equilibrium counterparts. In the latter, fluctuations often dominate the dynamics and might cluster in ordered patterns in the form of dissipative coherent structures. Here, we study the transition of a cold atomic cloud, driven close to a sharp electronic resonance, from a stable to a turbulent phase. From the atomic density distribution—measured using a spatially resolved pump-probe technique—we have computed the Shannon entropy on two different basis sets. Information compression, corresponding to a minimum in the Shannon entropy, has been observed at criticality, where the system fluctuations organize into high-order (low-entropy) patterns. Being independent of the representation used, this feature is a property shared by a vast class of physical systems undergoing phase transitions.
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