{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10(9)"],"submitter":["Ding D"],"pubmed_abstract":["It is challenging to probe ergodicity breaking trends of a quantum many-body system when dissipation inevitably damages quantum coherence originated from coherent coupling and dispersive two-body interactions. Rydberg atoms provide a test bed to detect emergent exotic many-body phases and nonergodic dynamics where the strong Rydberg atom interaction competes with and overtakes dissipative effects even at room temperature. Here, we report experimental evidence of a transition from ergodic toward ergodic breaking dynamics in driven-dissipative Rydberg atomic gases. The broken ergodicity is featured by the long-time phase oscillation, which is attributed to the formation of Rydberg excitation clusters in limit cycle phases. The broken symmetry in the limit cycle is a direct manifestation of many-body collective effects, which is verified experimentally by tuning atomic densities. The reported result reveals that Rydberg many-body systems are a promising candidate to probe ergodicity breaking dynamics, such as limit cycles, and enable the benchmark of nonequilibrium phase transition."],"journal":["Science advances"],"pagination":["eadl5893"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10911772"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Ergodicity breaking from Rydberg clusters in a driven-dissipative many-body system."],"pmcid":["PMC10911772"],"pubmed_authors":["Li W","Liu Z","Shi B","Ding D","Guo G","Adams CS","Bai Z"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Ergodicity breaking from Rydberg clusters in a driven-dissipative many-body system.","description":"It is challenging to probe ergodicity breaking trends of a quantum many-body system when dissipation inevitably damages quantum coherence originated from coherent coupling and dispersive two-body interactions. Rydberg atoms provide a test bed to detect emergent exotic many-body phases and nonergodic dynamics where the strong Rydberg atom interaction competes with and overtakes dissipative effects even at room temperature. Here, we report experimental evidence of a transition from ergodic toward ergodic breaking dynamics in driven-dissipative Rydberg atomic gases. The broken ergodicity is featured by the long-time phase oscillation, which is attributed to the formation of Rydberg excitation clusters in limit cycle phases. The broken symmetry in the limit cycle is a direct manifestation of many-body collective effects, which is verified experimentally by tuning atomic densities. The reported result reveals that Rydberg many-body systems are a promising candidate to probe ergodicity breaking dynamics, such as limit cycles, and enable the benchmark of nonequilibrium phase transition.","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Mar","modification":"2025-04-26T22:36:54.916Z","creation":"2025-04-06T17:15:22.06Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10911772","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38437588"],"doi":["10.1126/sciadv.adl5893"]}}