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We provide a new perspective on quantum dynamical phase transitions (DPTs) by explaining their origin in terms of caustics that form in the Fock space representation of the many-body state over time, using the fully connected transverse…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-22 Valentin Link , Walter T. Strunz , D. H. J. O'Dell

The standard Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick (LMG) model undergoes a second-order ground-state quantum phase transition (QPT) and an excited-state quantum phase transition (ESQPT). The inclusion of an anharmonic term in the LMG Hamiltonian gives rise…

We investigate the quantum chaotic properties of the Dicke Hamiltonian; a quantum-optical model which describes a single-mode bosonic field interacting with an ensemble of $N$ two-level atoms. This model exhibits a zero-temperature quantum…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-02-06 Clive Emary , Tobias Brandes

Equilibrium phase transitions usually emerge from the microscopic behavior of many-body systems and are associated to interesting phenomena such as the generation of long-range order and spontaneous symmetry breaking. They can be defined…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-24 Emmanouil Grigoriou , Carlos Navarrete-Benlloch

Dynamical phase transitions (DPTs) in the space of trajectories are one of the most intriguing phenomena of nonequilibrium physics, but their nature in realistic high-dimensional systems remains puzzling. Here we observe for the first time…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-09-07 N. Tizón-Escamilla , C. Pérez-Espigares , P. L. Garrido , P. I. Hurtado

We identify emergent topological phenomena such as dynamic Chern numbers and dynamic quantum phase transitions in quantum quenches of the non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Hamiltonian with parity-time ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetry. Their…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-10-16 Xingze Qiu , Tian-Shu Deng , Ying Hu , Peng Xue , Wei Yi

Quantum Phase Transition (QPT) is a phase transition between different quantum states by adjusting some control parameters. Based on the Principle of Hamilton Dynamics (PHD) and the Principle of Lagrangian Dynamics (PLD), a general QPT…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-12-09 Tian Ma , Da-peng Li , Ruikuan Liu , Jiayan Yang

In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in higher-order topological phases (HOTPs) across various disciplines within the field of physics. These unique phases are characterized by their ability to harbor topological protected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-22 Chunbo Hua , Dong-Hui Xu

The dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) and the associated winding numbers have been extensively studied in the context Hermitian system. We consider the non-Hermitian analogue of $p$-wave superconductor, supporting Hermitian…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-10-21 Debashish Mondal , Tanay Nag

Dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) are temporal singularities marked by zeros of the Loschmidt echo, yet their underlying quantum-information structure remains elusive. Here, we introduce a momentum-resolved entanglement entropy as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Kaiyuan Cao , Mingzhi Li , Xiang-Ping Jiang , Shu Chen , Jian Wang

Quantum phase transitions encompass a variety of phenomena that occur in quantum systems exhibiting several possible symmetries. Traditionally, these transitions are explored by continuously varying a control parameter that connects two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-12 Á. Sáiz , J. Khalouf-Rivera , J. M. Arias , P. Pérez-Fernández , J. Casado-Pascual

Quantum skyrmionic phase is modelled in a 2D helical spin lattice. This topological skyrmionic phase retains its nature in a large parameter space before moving to a ferromagnetic phase. Next nearest-neighbour interaction improves the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-04-18 Vipin Vijayan , L. Chotorlishvili , A. Ernst , S. S. P. Parkin , M. I. Katsnelson , S. K. Mishra

Nonequilibrium dynamics is a paramount scenario for studying quantum systems. The emergence of new features with no equilibrium counterpart, such as dynamical quantum phase transition (DQPT), has attracted wide attention. In this work, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-17 Francisco J. González , Ariel Norambuena , Raúl Coto

The investigation of the Hamiltonian dynamical counterpart of phase transitions, combined with the Riemannian geometrization of Hamiltonian dynamics, has led to a preliminary formulation of a differential-topological theory of phase…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-08-19 Matteo Gori , Roberto Franzosi , Giulio Pettini , Marco Pettini

We study the topological properties of one dimensional systems undergoing unitary time evolution. We show that symmetries possessed both by the initial wavefunction and by the Hamiltonian at all times may not be present in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-12 Max McGinley , Nigel R. Cooper

In this article we propose a dynamic quantum tomography model for open quantum systems with evolution given by phase-damping channels. Mathematically, these channels correspond to completely positive trace-preserving maps defined by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-07 Artur Czerwinski , Andrzej Jamiolkowski

Topological invariants have proved useful for analyzing emergent function as they characterize a property of the entire system, and are insensitive to local details, disorder, and noise. They support boundary states, which reduce the system…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-10-10 Jaime Agudo-Canalejo , Evelyn Tang

In this work it is shown that dynamical quantum phase transitions in Loschmidt echos control the nonequilibrium dynamics of the order parameter after particular quantum quenches in systems with broken-symmetry phases. A direct connection…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-11-24 Markus Heyl

The quench dynamics of many-body quantum systems may exhibit non-analyticities in the Loschmidt echo, a phenomenon known as dynamical phase transition (DPT). Despite considerable research into the underlying mechanisms behind this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-23 B. O. Goes , G. T. Landi , E. Solano , M. Sanz , L. C. Céleri

A quantum phase transition (QPT), including both topological and symmetry breaking types, is usually induced by the change of global parameters, such as external fields or global coupling constants. In this work, we demonstrate the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-26 C. Li , G. Zhang , S. Lin , Z. Song