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Measuring the thermodynamic properties of open quantum systems poses a major challenge. A calorimetric detection has been proposed as a feasible experimental scheme to measure work and fluctuation relations in open quantum systems. However,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-15 Samu Suomela , Aki Kutvonen , Tapio Ala-Nissila

We discuss the dynamics of finite systems within molecular dynamics models. Signatures of a critical behavior are analyzed and compared to experimental data both in nucleus-nucleus and metallic cluster collisions. We suggest the possibility…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 A. Bonasera , T. Maruyama , S. Chiba

A d-dimensional finite quantum model system confined to a general hypercubical geometry with linear spatial size L and ``temporal size'' 1/T (T - temperature of the system) is considered in the spherical approximation under periodic…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2008-02-03 H. Chamati , D. M. Danchev , N. S. Tonchev

Developing scalable quantum algorithms to study finite-temperature physics of quantum many-body systems has attracted considerable interest due to recent advancements in quantum hardware. However, such algorithms in their present form…

We face the problem of detecting and featuring footprints of quantum criticality in the finite-temperature behavior of quantum many-body systems. Our strategy is that of comparing the phase diagram of a system displaying a T=0 quantum phase…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-08-09 Alessandro Cuccoli , Alessio Taiti , Ruggero Vaia , Paola Verrucchi

Differential geometry offers a powerful framework for optimising and characterising finite-time thermodynamic processes, both classical and quantum. Here, we start by a pedagogical introduction to the notion of thermodynamic length. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-31 Paolo Abiuso , Harry J. D. Miller , Martí Perarnau-Llobet , Matteo Scandi

Critical quantum metrology aims to harness critical properties near quantum phase transitions to enhance parameter estimation precision. However, critical slowing down inherently limits the achievable precision within a finite evolution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-25 Ju-Yeon Gyhm , Hyukjoon Kwon , Myung-Joong Hwang

The study of the competition or coexistence of different ground states in many-body systems is an exciting and actual topic of research, both experimentally and theoretically. Quantum fluctuations of a given phase can suppress or enhance…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-06-11 Nei Lopes , Daniel G. Barci , Mucio A. Continentino

We study the finite temperature properties of quantum magnets close to a continuous quantum phase transition between two distinct valence bond solid phases in two spatial dimension. Previous work has shown that such a second order quantum…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 Pouyan Ghaemi , Ashvin Vishwanath , T. Senthil

Quantum criticality, being important as an indicator of new quantum matters emerging, is known to occur only at zero or low temperature. We find that a quantum probe, if its coherence time is long, can detect quantum criticality at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-22 Shao-Wen Chen , Ren-Bao Liu

We propose a scaling theory for the universal imaginary-time quantum critical dynamics for both short times and long times. We discover that there exists a universal critical initial slip related to a small initial order parameter $M_0$. In…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-02-14 Shuai Yin , Peizhi Mai , Fan Zhong

We will present elementary scaling arguments focussed on the thermodynamics in the proximity of the quantum critical point in the cuprate superconductors. Extending the analysis centered on the Gr\"uneisen parameter by Rosch, Si and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Zaanen , B. Hosseinkhani

The notion of scale-invariant dynamics is well established at late times in quantum chaotic systems, as illustrated by the emergence of a ramp in the spectral form factor (SFF). Building on the results of the preceding Letter [Phys. Rev.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-01-03 Miroslav Hopjan , Lev Vidmar

Driven critical dynamics in quantum phase transitions holds significant theoretical importance, and also practical applications in fast-developing quantum devices. While scaling corrections have been shown to play important roles in fully…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-15 Jing-Wen Liu , Shuai Yin , Yu-Rong Shu

Global quantum quench with a finite quench rate which crosses critical points is known to lead to universal scaling of correlation functions as functions of the quench rate. In this work, we explore scaling properties of the entanglement…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-23 Pawel Caputa , Sumit R. Das , Masahiro Nozaki , Akio Tomiya

The many-body physics at quantum phase transitions shows a subtle interplay between quantum and thermal fluctuations, emerging in the low-temperature limit. In this review, we first give a pedagogical introduction to the equilibrium…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-22 Davide Rossini , Ettore Vicari

A rich variety of non-equilibrium dynamical phenomena and processes unambiguously calls for the development of general numerical techniques to probe and estimate a complex interplay between spatial and temporal degrees of freedom in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 E. A. Maletskii , I. A. Iakovlev , V. V. Mazurenko

Emergent symmetry is one of the characteristic phenomena in deconfined quantum critical point (DQCP). As its nonequilibrium generalization, the dual dynamic scaling was recently discovered in the nonequilibrium imaginary-time relaxation…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-03-22 Yu-Rong Shu , Shuai Yin

Inelastic neutron scattering is used to study the finite-temperature scaling behavior of the local dynamic structure factor in the quasi-one-dimensional quantum antiferromagnet NTENP…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-07-27 M. Hälg , D. Hüvonen , T. Guidi , D. L. Quintero-Castro , M. Boehm , L. P. Regnault , M. Hagiwara , A. Zheludev

Attempts to understand zero temperature phase transitions have forced physicists to consider a regime where the standard paradigms of condensed matter physics break down [1-4]. These quantum critical systems lack a simple description in…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2012-07-04 Kaden R. A. Hazzard , Erich J. Mueller