Evolutionary games of condensates in coupled birth-death processes

Knebel J, Weber MF, Krueger T, Frey E (2015)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2015

Journal

Nature Communications Nature Publishing Group: Nature Communications

Book Volume: 6

Article Number: 6977

DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7977

Abstract

Condensation phenomena arise through a collective behaviour of particles. They are observed in both classical and quantum systems, ranging from the formation of traffic jams in mass transport models to the macroscopic occupation of the energetic ground state in ultra-cold bosonic gases (Bose-Einstein condensation). Recently, it has been shown that a driven and dissipative system of bosons may form multiple condensates. Which states become the condensates has, however, remained elusive thus far. The dynamics of this condensation are described by coupled birth-death processes, which also occur in evolutionary game theory. Here we apply concepts from evolutionary game theory to explain the formation of multiple condensates in such driven-dissipative bosonic systems. We show that the vanishing of relative entropy production determines their selection. The condensation proceeds exponentially fast, but the system never comes to rest. Instead, the occupation numbers of condensates may oscillate, as we demonstrate for a rock-paper-scissors game of condensates.

Authors with CRIS profile

Torben Krüger

Involved external institutions

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) DE Germany (DE) IST Austria AT Austria (AT)

How to cite

APA:

Knebel, J., Weber, M.F., Krueger, T., & Frey, E. (2015). Evolutionary games of condensates in coupled birth-death processes. Nature Communications, 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7977

MLA:

Knebel, Johannes, et al. "Evolutionary games of condensates in coupled birth-death processes." Nature Communications 6 (2015).

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