Dynamical Chaos in a One-Dimensional Bose System
G. P. Berman, F. Borgonovi, Felix M. Izrailev, Augusto Smerzi
Abstract
We study the many-body quantum dynamics of $\delta$-interacting bosons confined in a one-dimensional ring. We study the transition from the mean-field to the Tonks-Girardeau regime from the viewpoint of quantum chaos. The latter manifests itself in the model by a linear increase with time of the Shannon entropy of the wavefunction. Correspondingly, the momentum distribution of the system reveals transitions from periodic behavior, to a statistical relaxation and finally to a steady state distribution. This transition can be observed experimentally by studying the interference fringes obtained after releasing the trap and letting the boson system expand ballistically.