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The critical point of a topological phase transition is described by a conformal field theory, where finite-size corrections to energy are uniquely related to its central charge. We investigate the finite-size scaling away from criticality…

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The ability to tune quantum tunneling is key for achieving selectivity in manipulation of individual particles in quantum technology applications. In this work we count electron escape events out of a time-dependent confinement potential,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-10 Austris Akmentinsh , David Reifert , Thomas Weimann , Klaus Pierz , Vyacheslavs Kashcheyevs , Niels Ubbelohde

A classical solution is called universal if the quantum correction is a multiple of the metric. Universal solutions consequently play an important role in the quantum theory. We show that in a spacetime which is universal all of the scalar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-13 A A Coley , S Hervik

Quantum systems are open, continually exchanging energy and information with the surrounding environment. This interaction leads to decoherence and decay of quantum states. In complex systems, formed by many particles, decay can become…

We consider the unitary time evolution of a one-dimensional quantum system which is in a stationary state for negative times and then undergoes a sudden change (quench) of a parameter of its Hamiltonian at t=0. For systems possessing a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-10-09 Gesualdo Delfino

We investigate the scaling of the entanglement spectrum and of the R\'enyi block entropies and determine its universal aspects in the ground state of critical and noncritical one-dimensional quantum spin models. In all cases, the scaling…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-10-02 S. M. Giampaolo , S. Montangero , F. Dell'Anno , S. De Siena , F. Illuminati

The universal scaling behavior is studied for nonequilibrium transport through a quantum dot. To describe the dot we use the standard Anderson impurity model and use the non-equilibrium non-crossing approximation in the limit of infinite…

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A perturbative description of Large Scale Structure is a cornerstone of our understanding of the observed distribution of matter in the universe. Renormalization is an essential and defining step to make this description physical and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-06-08 Ali Akbar Abolhasani , Mehrdad Mirbabayi , Enrico Pajer

We consider quantum and classical first-order transitions, at equilibrium and under out-of-equilibrium conditions, mainly focusing on quench and slow quasi-adiabatic protocols. For these phenomena, we review the finite-size scaling theory…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-07-01 Andrea Pelissetto , Ettore Vicari

Universality is key to the theory of phase transition stating that the equilibrium properties of observables near a phase transition can be classified according to few critical exponents. These exponents rule an universal scaling behaviour…

We consider translationally invariant quantum spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ chains with local interactions and a discrete symmetry that is spontaneously broken at zero temperature. We envision experimenters switching off the couplings between two…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-07-08 Vanja Marić , Florent Ferro , Maurizio Fagotti

We address the critical and universal aspects of counterion-condensation transition at a single charged cylinder in both two and three spatial dimensions using numerical and analytical methods. By introducing a novel Monte-Carlo sampling…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Ali Naji , Roland R. Netz

We report on the experimental observation of scaling in the time evolution following a sudden quench into the vicinity of a quantum critical point. The experimental system, a two-component Bose gas with coherent exchange between the…

In this work nonperturbative aspects of quantum gravity are investigated using the lattice formulation, and some new results are presented for critical exponents, amplitudes and invariant correlation functions. Values for the universal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-10-28 Herbert W. Hamber

Amorphous solids have excess soft modes in addition to the phonon modes described by the Debye theory. Recent numerical results show that if the phonon modes are carefully removed, the density of state of the excess soft modes exhibit…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2019-05-15 Harukuni Ikeda

A critically enhanced decay of the Loschmidt echo is characteristic of sudden quench dynamics near a quantum phase transition. Here, we demonstrate that the decay and revival of the Loschmidt echo follows power-law scaling in the system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-23 Myung-Joong Hwang , Bo-Bo Wei , Susana F. Huelga , Martin B. Plenio

We study the large deviations statistics of the intensive work done by changing globally a control parameter in a thermally isolated quantum many-body system. We show that, upon approaching a critical point, large deviations well below the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-12-27 Andrea Gambassi , Alessandro Silva

We study the dynamics of an initially degenerate homogeneous Bose gas after an interaction quench to the unitary regime at a magnetic Feshbach resonance. As the cloud decays and heats, it exhibits a crossover from degenerate- to thermal-gas…

The concept of universality has shaped our understanding of many-body physics, but is mostly limited to homogenous systems. Here, we present a study of universality on a non-homogeneous graph, the long-range diluted graph (LRDG). Its…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-05-21 Giacomo Bighin , Tilman Enss , Nicolò Defenu

We explore the robustness of universal dynamical scaling behavior in a quantum system near criticality with respect to initialization in a large class of states with finite energy. By focusing on a homogeneous XY quantum spin chain in a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-20 Shusa Deng , Gerardo Ortiz , Lorenza Viola