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Classical field approximation of ultralight dark matter: Quantum break times, corrections, and decoherence
Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (WPI), UTIAS, The University of Tokyo, Chiba 277-8583, Japan.
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Menlo Park, 94025, California, USA; Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, 2575 Sand Hill Rd.
Nordita SU.
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Menlo Park, 94025, California, USA; Physics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA, 2575 Sand Hill Rd.
2024 (English)In: Physical Review D: covering particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology, ISSN 2470-0010, E-ISSN 2470-0029, Vol. 109, no 8, article id 083527Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The classical field approximation is widely used to better understand the predictions of ultralight dark matter. Here, we use the truncated Wigner approximation method to test the classical field approximation of ultralight dark matter. This method approximates a quantum state as an ensemble of independently evolving realizations drawn from its Wigner function. The method is highly parallelizable and allows the direct simulation of quantum corrections and decoherence times in systems many times larger than have been previously studied in reference to ultralight dark matter. Our study involves simulation of systems in 1, 2, and 3 spatial dimensions. We simulate three systems, the condensation of a Gaussian random field in three spatial dimensions, a stable collapsed object in three spatial dimensions, and the merging of two stable objects in two spatial dimensions. We study the quantum corrections to the classical field theory in each case. We find that quantum corrections grow exponentially during nonlinear growth with the timescale being approximately equal to the system dynamical time. In stable systems the corrections grow quadratically. We also find that the primary effect of quantum corrections is to reduce the amplitude of fluctuations on the de Broglie scale in the spatial density. Finally, we find that the timescale associated with decoherence due to gravitational coupling to baryonic matter is at least as fast as the quantum corrections due to gravitational interactions. These results are consistent with the predictions of the classical field theory being accurate.

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American Physical Society (APS) , 2024. Vol. 109, no 8, article id 083527
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Condensed Matter Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-346367DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.109.083527ISI: 001224283200003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85191859662OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-346367DiVA, id: diva2:1857561
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Available from: 2024-05-14 Created: 2024-05-14 Last updated: 2024-06-26Bibliographically approved

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