Detailed analysis of two simplified Rydberg dressed atoms confined in a harmonic trap

TL;DR

This paper provides a detailed analytical and perturbative analysis of two Rydberg dressed atoms in a harmonic trap, exploring interaction schemes, dimensionalities, and dynamical effects of potential changes.

Contribution

It introduces an improved simplified model for Rydberg interactions by applying perturbation theory and examines dynamical effects of potential modifications.

Findings

Analytical solutions for simplified Rydberg atom interactions

Impact of interaction strength and range on spatial correlations

Effects of sudden potential changes on atom dynamics

Abstract

By using a step-like potential, it is possible to mimic the Rydberg short range part of the interaction between two atoms. It is easy in this case to establish an analytical solution of the Schr\"{o}dinger equation. In this contribution, we are analyzing in detail this simplified model by highlighting the major players in different interaction schemes (strengths and ranges), different dimensionalities and the impact on spatial correlation. We are able to achieve an improvement to this model by applying a perturbation treatment to the potential. The dynamical aspects related to a sudden change of the potential features are also investigated.