Abstract
We explore the correlated dynamics underlying the formation of the quantum Peregrine soliton, a prototypical rogue-wave excitation, utilizing interaction quenches from repulsive to attractive couplings in an ultracold bosonic gas confined in a one-dimensional box trap. The latter emulates the so-called semiclassical initial conditions and the associated gradient catastrophe scenario facilitating the emergence of a high-density, doubly localized waveform. The ensuing multiorbital variant of the Peregrine soliton features notable deviations from its mean-field sibling, including a reduced peak amplitude, wider core, absence of the side density dips, and earlier formation times. Moreover, Peregrine soliton generation yields coherence losses, while experiencing two-body bunching within each of its sides, which show anti-bunching between each other. Controllable seeding of the Peregrine soliton is also demonstrated by tuning the atom number or the box length, while reducing the latter favors the generation of the time-periodic Kuznetsov-Ma breather. Our results highlight that correlations reshape the morphology of rogue waves in the genuinely quantum, nonintegrable realm, while setting the stage for the emergent field of quantum dispersive hydrodynamics.
Recommended Citation
D. Diplaris et al., "Correlated Many-body Quantum Dynamics Of The Peregrine Soliton," Physical Review Research, vol. 8, no. 2, article no. 023355, American Physical Society, Apr 2026.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/z9xj-9m24
Department(s)
Physics
Publication Status
Open Access
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
2643-1564
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2026 The Authors, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Publication Date
01 Apr 2026
Comments
Universität Hamburg, Grant PHY-2110030