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Relaxation dynamics of local observables in integrable systems

Quantum Gases 2015-10-23 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We show, using the quench action approach [Caux&Essler Phys. Rev. Lett. 110 (2013)], that the whole post-quench time evolution of an integrable system in the thermodynamic limit can be computed with a minimal set of data which are encoded in what we denote the generalized single-particle overlap coefficient s0Ψ0(λ)s_0^{\Psi_0}(\lambda). This function can be extracted from the thermodynamically leading part of the overlaps between the eigenstates of the model and the initial state. For a generic global quench the shape of s0Ψ0(λ)s_0^{\Psi_0}(\lambda) in the low momentum limit directly gives the exponent for the power law decay to the effective steady state. As an example we compute the time evolution of the static density-density correlation in the interacting Lieb-Liniger gas after a quench from a Bose-Einstein condensate. This shows an approach to equilibrium with power law t3t^{-3} which turns out to be independent of the post-quench interaction and of the considered observable.

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@article{arxiv.1505.03080,
  title  = {Relaxation dynamics of local observables in integrable systems},
  author = {Jacopo De Nardis and Lorenzo Piroli and Jean-Sébastien Caux},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.03080},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures

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