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Operator fidelity susceptibility: an indicator of quantum criticality

Quantum Physics 2009-11-13 v2

Abstract

We introduce the operator fidelity and propose to use its susceptibility for characterizing the sensitivity of quantum systems to perturbations. Two typical models are addressed: one is the transverse Ising model exhibiting a quantum phase transition, and the other is the one dimensional Heisenberg spin chain with next-nearest-neighbor interactions, which has the degeneracy. It is revealed that the operator fidelity susceptibility is a good indicator of quantum criticality regardless of the system degeneracy.

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@article{arxiv.0803.2940,
  title  = {Operator fidelity susceptibility: an indicator of quantum criticality},
  author = {Xiaoguang Wang and Zhe Sun and Z. D. Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.2940},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Four pages, two figures

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