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A: Fachverband Atomphysik
A 28: Ultracold Plasmas, Rydberg Systems and Molecules (with Q)
A 28.4: Talk
Thursday, March 9, 2017, 12:00–12:15, P 104
Structure Formation in a Correlated Rydberg Gas — •Andre Salzinger1, Elena Kozlikin2, Martin Pauly2, Alexander Schuckert3, Robert Lilow2, Matthias Bartelmann2, and Matthias Weidemüller1 — 1Physikalisches Institut, Heidelberg — 2Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik, Heidelberg — 3Institut für Theoretische Physik, Heidelberg
Cosmic structure formation can be described by a classical path integral formalism. We apply such a theoretical framework to predict structure formation in an initially correlated ensemble of Rydberg atoms. The free Hamiltonian motion of particles and their initial correlation function are contained in a generating functional. We model the non-classical excitation process including blockade and anti-blockade effects to emulate realistic initial conditions. Interactions between the particles are introduced via an operator acting perturbatively on the free generating functional which is evolved in time. Collective properties, such as density correlations can be extracted by applying appropriate operators.
We will discuss different experimental implementations with the aim of directly or indirectly observing the impact of initial correlations on structure formation.