Dynamics of a nonequilibrium discontinuous quantum phase transition in a spinor Bose–Einstein condensate

Abstract Symmetry-breaking quantum phase transitions lead to the production of topological defects or domain walls in a wide range of physical systems. In second-order transitions, these exhibit universal scaling laws described by the Kibble–Zurek mechanism, but for first-order transitions a similar...

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Main Authors: Matthew T. Wheeler, Hayder Salman, Magnus O. Borgh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-04-01
Series:Communications Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-025-02048-7
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