Prediction of ultra-narrow Higgs resonance in magnon Bose-condensates

TL;DR

This paper predicts that Higgs resonance modes in three-dimensional magnon Bose-condensates can have extremely narrow decay widths, making them more observable than previously possible in condensed matter systems.

Contribution

It introduces a theoretical prediction of ultra-narrow Higgs resonances in magnon Bose-condensates, especially in TlCuCl$_3$, with a ratio of energy to width around 500.

Findings

Higgs modes in these systems are predicted to have very small decay widths.

The energy-to-width ratio for TlCuCl$_3$ is approximately 500.

This represents the narrowest Higgs mode predicted in condensed matter.

Abstract

Higgs resonance modes in condensed matter systems are generally broad; meaning large decay widths or short relaxation times. This common feature has obscured and limited their observation to a select few systems. Contrary to this, the present work predicts that Higgs resonances in magnetic field induced, three-dimensional magnon Bose-condensates have vanishingly small decay widths. Specifically for parameters relating to TlCuCl$_3$, we find an energy ($\Delta_H$) to width ($\Gamma_H$) ratio $\Delta_H/\Gamma_H\sim500$, making this the narrowest predicted Higgs mode in a condensed matter system, some two orders of magnitude `narrower' than the sharpest condensed matter Higgs observed so far.