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Using equilibrium fluctuations to understand the response of a physical system to an externally imposed perturbation is the basis for linear response theory, which is widely used to interpret experiments and shed light on microscopic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-06-24 Jérémie Klinger , Grant M. Rotskoff

Dynamic correlation and response functions of classical and quantum systems in thermal equilibrium are connected by fluctuation-dissipation theorems, which allow an alternative definition of their (unique) temperature. Motivated by this…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-30 Laura Foini , Leticia F. Cugliandolo , Andrea Gambassi

Time-dependent response and correlation functions are studied in random quantum systems composed of infinitely many parts without mutual interaction and defined with statistically independent random matrices. The latter are taken within the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-12-17 Sudhir Ranjan Jain , Pierre Gaspard

A particle subjected to a fluctuating force originated from its interaction with an external quantum system undergoes quantum Brownian motion. This phenomenon is investigated in detail for the case of a particle confined by a harmonic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-29 Ygor de Oliveira Souza , Caio C. Holanda Ribeiro , Vitorio A. De Lorenci

Results are presented for a two-point correlation function of a spin-chain after a quantum quench for an intermediate time regime where inelastic effects are weak. A Callan-Symanzik like equation for the correlation function is explicitly…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-15 Aditi Mitra

The recursion method, which solves coupled Heisenberg equations in a Lanczos operator basis, has recently emerged as a powerful nonperturbative tool for computing dynamical correlation functions in strongly correlated two- and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-29 Ilya Shirokov , Viacheslav Khrushchev , Filipp Uskov , Ivan Dudinets , Igor Ermakov , Oleg Lychkovskiy

In the first part of these short lecture notes, we will present an introduction on (auto-)correlation functions and linear-response functions in the language of a physicist. In particular, the fluctuation-dissipation theorem in classical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-01 Thomas Franosch

Diverse physical systems are characterized by their response to small perturbations. Near thermodynamic equilibrium, the fluctuation-dissipation theorem provides a powerful theoretical and experimental tool to determine the nature of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-03-25 Jeremy A. Owen , Todd R. Gingrich , Jordan M. Horowitz

We establish a unified fluctuation-response relation for Langevin dynamics. By exploiting the common mathematical structures underlying fluctuations and responses of empirical density and current, we derive a unified identity that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-26 Hyun-Myung Chun , Euijoon Kwon , Hyunggyu Park , Jae Sung Lee

We discuss fluctuation-dissipation relations valid under general conditions even out of equilibrium. The response function is expressed in terms of unperperturbed correlation functions, where contributions peculiar to non-equilibrium can…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-03-23 Giacomo Gradenigo , Andrea Puglisi , Alessandro Sarracino , Dario Villamaina , Angelo Vulpiani

In this Article we review some recent progresses in the field of non-equilibrium linear response theory. We show how a generalization of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem can be derived for Markov processes, and discuss the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-07-06 Federico Corberi , Eugenio Lippiello , Marco Zannetti

We derive a general relation between correlators of density of states fluctuations and density response functions. It applies equally to quantum chaotic systems of pure symmetry (unitary, orthogonal, and symplectic) as well as to the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 N. Taniguchi , B. D. Simons , B. L. Altshuler

This article traces the development of fluctuation theory and its deep connection to irreversibility, from equilibrium to near-equilibrium, and finally to far-from-equilibrium systems. Classical fluctuation theorems, which capture the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-30 Sounak Bandyopadhyay , Arnab Ghosh

We compute the time evolution of correlation functions after quantum quenches in the sine--Gordon model within the semiclassical approximation which is expected to yield accurate results for small quenches. We demonstrate this by…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-06-08 Márton Kormos , Gergely Zaránd

Complete information on the equilibrium behaviour and dynamics of a quantum field theory (QFT) is provided by multipoint correlation functions. However, their theoretical calculation is a challenging problem, even for exactly solvable…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-09-19 Ivan Kukuljan , Spyros Sotiriadis , Gabor Takacs

In thermal equilibrium, the fluctuation-dissipation theorem relates the linear response and correlation functions in a model and observable independent fashion. Out of equilibrium, these relations still hold if the equilibrium temperature…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-23 T. S. Bortolin , A. Iucci

By analyzing spin-spin correlation functions at relatively short distances, we show that equilibrium near-critical properties can be extracted at short times after quenches into the vicinity of a quantum critical point. The time scales…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-03-06 Markus Karl , Halil Cakir , Jad C. Halimeh , Markus K. Oberthaler , Michael Kastner , Thomas Gasenzer

The inference of causal relationships among observed variables is a pivotal, longstanding problem in the scientific community. An intuitive method for quantifying these causal links involves examining the response of one variable to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-03-27 Gabriele Di Antonio , Gianni Valerio Vinci

The absence of a simple fluctuation-dissipation theorem is a major obstacle for studying systems that are not in thermodynamic equilibrium. We show that for a fluid in a non-equilibrium steady state characterized by a constant temperature…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-07-03 T. R. Kirkpatrick , D. Belitz

We extend the theory of quantum quenches to the case of $d$-dimensional homogeneous systems with long range interactions. This is achieved treating the long range interactions as switched on by the quench and performing the derivation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-24 Marianna Sorba , Nicolò Defenu , Gesualdo Delfino