Dynamics of entanglement entropy and entanglement spectrum crossing a quantum phase transition
Statistical Mechanics
2015-06-17 v2
Abstract
We study the time evolution of entanglement entropy and entanglement spectrum in a finite-size system which crosses a quantum phase transition at different speeds. We focus on the Ising model with a time-dependent magnetic field, which is linearly tuned on a time scale . The time evolution of the entanglement entropy displays different regimes depending on the value of , showing also oscillations which depend on the instantaneous energy spectrum. The entanglement spectrum is characterized by a rich dynamics where multiple crossings take place with a gap-dependent frequency. Moreover, we investigate the Kibble-Zurek scaling of entanglement entropy and Schmidt gap.
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@article{arxiv.1311.3612,
title = {Dynamics of entanglement entropy and entanglement spectrum crossing a quantum phase transition},
author = {Elena Canovi and Elisa Ercolessi and Piero Naldesi and Luca Taddia and Davide Vodola},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.3612},
year = {2015}
}
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Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B