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arXiv:2606.18706

Josephson spectroscopy in a circular atomic tunnel junction with acceleration-induced symmetry breaking

Yurii Borysenko, Y. M. Bidasyuk, O. O. Prikhodko, G. Birkl, Dominik Pfeiffer, Ludwig Lind, Mark Edwards, Alexander Yakimenko

Published Jun 17, 2026• 0 citations
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Abstract

We study Josephson dynamics in a long atomic Bose-Josephson junction formed by two tunnel-coupled coplanar Bose-Einstein-condensate rings. An in-plane linear acceleration breaks the axial symmetry of the trap and transforms a single Josephson plasma oscillation into a multimode population-imbalance response. Gross-Pitaevskii simulations and Bogoliubov-de Gennes analysis show that the additional spectral components arise from collective modes that acquire finite overlap with the population-imbalance operator under symmetry breaking, with their activation governed by reflection symmetry about the acceleration direction. We also propose a mode-resolved Josephson-spectroscopy protocol based on a weak localized periodic perturbation. Frequency scans reveal resonant amplitude peaks and phase shifts at the eigenfrequencies of active Bogoliubov modes, while angular scans of the drive position provide access to the angular structure of the corresponding mode density perturbations. A dissipative time-dependent Bogoliubov theory yields analytical response functions in quantitative agreement with full Gross-Pitaevskii simulations in the linear regime. Our results demonstrate that accelerated dual-ring condensates provide a controllable platform for symmetry-selected Josephson dynamics and spectroscopic probing of collective modes.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2606.18706

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