Defect production in quench from current-carrying non-equilibrium state
Abstract
We consider the defect production of a quantum system, initially prepared in a current-carrying non-equilibrium state, during its unitary driving through a quantum critical point. At low values of the initial current, the quantum Kibble-Zurek scaling for the production of defects is recovered. However, at large values of the initial current, i.e., very far from an initial equilibrium situation, a universal scaling of the defect production is obtained which shows an algebraic dependence with respect to the initial current value. These scaling predictions are demonstrated by the exactly solvable Ising quantum chain where the current-carrying state is selected through the imposition of a Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction term.
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@article{arxiv.1508.07971,
title = {Defect production in quench from current-carrying non-equilibrium state},
author = {Dragi Karevski and Rosemary J. Harris},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.07971},
year = {2016}
}
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13 pages, 3 figures. v2: Minor changes. This is an author-created, un-copyedited version of an article published in JSTAT. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2016/03/033204