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Title: Symmetry Breaking Bias and the Dynamics of a Quantum Phase Transition

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Jagiellonian Univ., Krakow (Poland). Marian Smoluchowski Inst. of Physics
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

The Kibble-Zurek mechanism predicts the formation of topological defects and other excitations that quantify how much a quantum system driven across a quantum critical point fails to be adiabatic. We point out that, thanks to the divergent linear susceptibility at the critical point, even a tiny symmetry breaking bias can restore the adiabaticity. Furthermore, the minimal required bias scales like τ Q - β δ / ( 1 + z ν ) , where β , δ , z , ν are the critical exponents and τ Q is a quench time. We test this prediction by DMRG simulations of the quantum Ising chain. It is directly applicable to the recent emulation of quantum phase transition dynamics in the Ising chain with ultracold Rydberg atoms.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
Grant/Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1774425
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-19-23644; TRN: US2209780
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 123, Issue 13; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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