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In a two-dimensional (2D) spin system, the XY model, characterized by planar rotational symmetry, exhibits a unique phenomenon known as the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition. In contrast, the clock model, which introduces…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-03-07 Yutaka Okabe , Hiromi Otsuka

We find a breakdown of the critical dynamic scaling in the coarsening dynamics of an antiferromagnetic {\em XY} model on the kagome lattice when the system is quenched from disordered states into the Kosterlitz-Thouless ({\em KT}) phases at…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 Sangwoong Park , Bongsoo Kim , Sung Jong Lee

We present a formulation for investigating quench dynamics across quantum phase transitions in the presence of decoherence. We formulate decoherent dynamics induced by continuous quantum non-demolition measurements of the instantaneous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-16 Wei-Ting Kuo , Daniel Arovas , Smitha Vishveshwara , Yi-Zhuang You

We investigate the phase ordering dynamics of a uniform two-dimensional Bose gas quenched to a finite temperature in the superfluid phase. Starting from a defect-rich, far-from-equilibrium state, we model the subsequent evolution with the…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-01-07 Andrew J. Groszek , Thomas P. Billam

We employ quench dynamics as an effective tool to probe different universality classes of topological phase transitions. Specifically, we study a model encompassing both Dirac-like and nodal loop criticalities. Examining the Kibble-Zurek…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-12-06 Karin Sim , R. Chitra , Paolo Molignini

We investigate through Monte Carlo simulations the non-equilibrium behaviour of the three-dimensional XY-model quenched from a high temperature state to its ferromagnetic and critical phases. The two-times autocorrelation and response…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-24 Stephane Abriet , Dragi Karevski

The Kibble-Zurek (KZ) hypothesis identifies the relevant time scales in out-of-equilibrium dynamics of critical systems employing concepts valid at equilibrium: It predicts the scaling of the defect formation immediately after quenches…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-08 Pietro Silvi , Giovanna Morigi , Tommaso Calarco , Simone Montangero

We discuss the finite-temperature properties of Bose-Einstein condensates loaded on a 2D optical lattice. In an experimentally attainable range of parameters the system is described by the XY model, which undergoes a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Trombettoni , A. Smerzi , P. Sodano

One of the most relevant manifestations of the Beresinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition occurs in quasi-two-dimensional superconducting systems. The experimental advances made in the last decade in the investigation of superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-08-23 L. Benfatto , C. Castellani , T. Giamarchi

We consider the classical XY model (or classical rotor model) on the two-dimensional square lattice graph as well as its dual model, which is a model of height functions. The XY model has a phase transition called the…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-04-20 Piet Lammers

We present a dynamic Monte Carlo study of the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition for the spin-1/2 quantum XY model in two dimensions. The short-time dynamic scaling behaviour is found and the dynamical exponent $\theta$, $z$ and the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-25 H. P. Ying , H. J. Luo , L. Schuelke , B. Zheng

In this paper, we study the dynamics of the Bose-Hubbard model by using time-dependent Gutzwiller methods. In particular, we vary the parameters in the Hamiltonian as a function of time, and investigate the temporal behavior of the system…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-04-04 Keita Shimizu , Yoshihito Kuno , Takahiro Hirano , Ikuo Ichinose

In this PhD thesis, we study topological defects in two-dimensional non-equilibrium systems, focusing on active extensions of the XY model, including activity, mobility and non-reciprocity. In a noisy Kuramoto lattice with short-range…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-05 Ylann Rouzaire

Using Monte Carlo simulations, we investigate the dynamical properties of the Baxter-Wu (BW) model under linear quenches. For the linear cooling process, the scaling behavior of the excess defect density in the critical region aligns well…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-04-01 Chen Tang , Konstantinos Sfairopoulos , Wanzhou Zhang , Chengxiang Ding

We extend the high-temperature series of the free energy for the XY model in two dimensions to order $\beta^{48}$ from the previous order of $\beta^{22}$ by applying the improved algorithm of the finite lattice method. The long series…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hiroaki Arisue

We study the effect of a linear tunneling coupling between 2D systems, each separately exhibiting the topological Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) transition. In the uncoupled limit, there are two phases: one where the 1-body…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-09-11 Giacomo Bighin , Nicolò Defenu , István Nándori , Luca Salasnich , Andrea Trombettoni

In a finite-time continuous phase transition, topological defects emerge as the system undergoes spontaneous symmetry breaking. The Kibble-Zurek mechanism predicts how the defect density scales with the quench rate. During such processes,…

With Monte Carlo methods we investigate the dynamic relaxation of the fully frustrated XY model in two dimensions below or at the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition temperature. Special attention is drawn to the sublattice structure of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-30 H. J. Luo , L. Schuelke , B. Zheng

Recent experiments on ultracold Bose gases in two dimensions have provided evidence for the existence of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) phase via analysis of the interference between two independent systems. In this work we study…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-11-11 Christopher J. Foster , P. Blair Blakie , Matthew J. Davis

Two-dimensional XY models with resistively shunted junction (RSJ) dynamics and time dependent Ginzburg-Landau (TDGL) dynamics are simulated and it is verified that the vortex response is well described by the Minnhagen phenomenology for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Beom Jun Kim , Petter Minnhagen , Peter Olsson