Extended Data Fig. 6: Coarse-grained local staggered magnetization.
From: Quantum phases of matter on a 256-atom programmable quantum simulator
a, Examples of Rydberg populations ni after a faster (top) and slower (bottom) linear sweep. b, Corresponding coarse-grained local staggered magnetizations mi clearly show larger extents of antiferromagnetically ordered domains (dark blue or dark red) for the slower sweep (bottom) than for the faster sweep (top), as expected from the Kibble–Zurek mechanism. c, Isotropic correlation functions \({G}_{m}^{(2)}\) for the corresponding coarse-grained local staggered magnetizations after a faster (top) or a slower (bottom) sweep. d, As a function of radial distance, correlations \({G}_{m}^{(2)}\) decay exponentially with a length scale corresponding to the correlation length ξ. The two decay curves correspond to faster (orange) and slower (blue) sweeps.
