- Accepted Paper
Driven dynamics of an attractive Bose polaron
Phys. Rev. A - Accepted 6 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/t36j-gd59
Phys. Rev. A - Accepted 6 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/t36j-gd59
We study the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of an impurity driven by a constant external force through a system of homogeneous, weakly-interacting bosons in one spatial dimension. The impurity-boson interaction is assumed to be attractive. We show that the impurity exhibits drifted Bloch oscillations over a wide range of forces in the absence of a lattice. We explain the mechanism underlying the Bloch oscillations, which occur via the formation of a depletion region attached to the density peak centered at the impurity. We analyze the behavior of the drift velocity, the Bloch amplitude, and the time period of oscillations in a wide range of forces and other system parameters. In contrast to the case of repulsive impurity-boson interaction, the drift velocity exhibits a sub-linear dependence on a weak applied force, with a positive exponent smaller than unity. The drift velocity monotonically increases with force, though the scaling behavior varies considerably across different regimes of . Moreover, the amplitude of the velocity oscillations displays rich behavior: it first undergoes a decay with force, reaches a minimum, and then presents a revival, increasing with force. The velocity oscillations of an impurity exceeding the critical mass differ significantly in shape and drift velocity behavior as a function of force.
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