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Quench dynamics of topological quantum phase transition in Wen-plaquette model

Quantum Physics 2015-03-17 v5

Abstract

We study the quench dynamics of the topological quantum phase transition in the two-dimensional transverse Wen-plaquette model, which has a phase transition from a Z2 topologically ordered to a spin-polarized state. By mapping the Wen-plaquette model onto a one-dimensional quantum Ising model, we calculate the expectation value of the plaquette operator Fi during a slowly quenching process from a topologically ordered state. A logarithmic scaling law of quench dynamics near the quantum phase transition is found, which is analogous to the well-known static critical behavior of the specific heat in the one-dimensional quantum Ising model.

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@article{arxiv.1011.4667,
  title  = {Quench dynamics of topological quantum phase transition in Wen-plaquette model},
  author = {Long Zhang and Su-Peng Kou and Youjin Deng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.4667},
  year   = {2015}
}

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