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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Solitons - localized wave packets that travel without spreading - play a
    central role in understanding transport and properties of nonlinear systems. In
    quantum many-body systems, however, such robust excitations are typically destroyed
    by thermalization. Here, we theoretically demonstrate the existence of solitonic
    excitations in high-energy states of Rydberg atom chains in the regime of strong
    nearest-neighbor Rydberg blockade. \r\nThese localized wave packets propagate
    directionally atop a special class of reviving initial states related to quantum
    many-body scars and are capable of carrying energy. Exhibiting long coherence
    times, these states constitute a form of non-ergodic quantum dynamics and can
    be efficiently implemented on Rydberg atom simulators. In this work, in addition
    to a phenomenological description of solitons, we identify their counterpart in
    a classical nonlinear dynamical system, demonstrate their potential use in quantum
    information transfer, and conjecture their relevance for anomalous energy transport
    reported in numerical studies of Rydberg atom arrays."
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author:
- first_name: Aron
  full_name: Kerschbaumer, Aron
  id: ade85a9c-3200-11ee-973b-91c1eb240410
  last_name: Kerschbaumer
  orcid: 0009-0002-2370-8661
citation:
  ama: 'Kerschbaumer A. Research Data: “Quasi-solitons in Rydberg atom chains.” 2026.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21960">10.15479/AT-ISTA-21960</a>'
  apa: 'Kerschbaumer, A. (2026). Research Data: “Quasi-solitons in Rydberg atom chains.”
    Institute of Science and Technology Austria. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21960">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21960</a>'
  chicago: 'Kerschbaumer, Aron. “Research Data: ‘Quasi-Solitons in Rydberg Atom Chains.’”
    Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026. <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21960">https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21960</a>.'
  ieee: 'A. Kerschbaumer, “Research Data: ‘Quasi-solitons in Rydberg atom chains.’”
    Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026.'
  ista: 'Kerschbaumer A. 2026. Research Data: ‘Quasi-solitons in Rydberg atom chains’,
    Institute of Science and Technology Austria, <a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21960">10.15479/AT-ISTA-21960</a>.'
  mla: 'Kerschbaumer, Aron. <i>Research Data: “Quasi-Solitons in Rydberg Atom Chains.”</i>
    Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2026, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.15479/AT-ISTA-21960">10.15479/AT-ISTA-21960</a>.'
  short: A. Kerschbaumer, (2026).
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  first_name: Aron
  id: ade85a9c-3200-11ee-973b-91c1eb240410
  last_name: Kerschbaumer
  orcid: 0009-0002-2370-8661
- contributor_type: supervisor
  first_name: Maksym
  id: 47809E7E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Serbyn
  orcid: 0000-0002-2399-5827
- contributor_type: researcher
  first_name: Jean-Yves Marc
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  last_name: Desaules
  orcid: 0000-0002-3749-6375
- contributor_type: researcher
  first_name: Marko
  last_name: Ljubotina
corr_author: '1'
date_created: 2026-06-09T07:17:50Z
date_published: 2026-06-16T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2026-06-16T08:00:38Z
day: '16'
department:
- _id: GradSch
- _id: MaSe
doi: 10.15479/AT-ISTA-21960
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month: '06'
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  call_identifier: H2020
  grant_number: '101034413'
  name: 'IST-BRIDGE: International postdoctoral program'
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title: 'Research Data: "Quasi-solitons in Rydberg atom chains"'
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