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Quantum shape-phase transitions in odd-even nuclei are investigated in the framework of the interacting boson-fermion model. Classical and quantum analysis show that the presence of the odd fermion strongly influences the location and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2011-10-05 A. Leviatan , D. Petrellis , F. Iachello

Topological phase transitions challenge conventional paradigms in many-body physics by separating phases that are locally indistinguishable yet globally distinct. Using a quantum simulator of interacting erbium atoms in an optical lattice,…

The new integrable quantum spin model is proposed. The model has a biaxial magnetic anisotropy of alternating coupling between spins together with multiple spin interactions. Our model gives the possibility to exactly find thermodynamic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-19 A. A. Zvyagin

The interference between repeated Landau-Zener transitions in a qubit swept through an avoided level crossing results in Stueckelberg oscillations in qubit magnetization. The resulting oscillatory patterns are a hallmark of the coherent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-11-07 M. S. Rudner , A. V. Shytov , L. S. Levitov , D. M. Berns , W. D. Oliver , S. O. Valenzuela , T. P. Orlando

The series of articles [Ann. Phys. 345, 73 (2014) and 356, 57 (2015)] devoted to excited-state quantum phase transitions (ESQPTs) in systems with $f=2$ degrees of freedom is continued by studying the interacting boson model of nuclear…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Michal Macek , Pavel Stránský , Amiram Leviatan , Pavel Cejnar

As the density of matter increases, atomic nuclei disintegrate into nucleons and, eventually, the nucleons themselves disintegrate into quarks. The phase transitions (PT's) between these phases can vary from steep first order to smooth…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-09-29 Veronica Dexheimer , Matthias Hempel , Igor Iosilevskiy , Stefan Schramm

We study the field-induced quantum phase transitions (QPT) and the relevant magnetic properties of a spin-1/2 two-leg integrable spin ladder (ISL), of which the system parameters in bridging to the real compounds are determined by setting…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Zu-Jian Ying , Itzhak Roditi , Huan-Qiang Zhou

We show, via explicit computation on a constrained bosonic model, that the presence of subsystem symmetries can lead to a quantum phase transition (QPT) where the critical point exhibits an emergent enhanced symmetry. Such a transition…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-27 Anirudha Menon , Anwesha Chattopadhyay , K. Sengupta , Arnab Sen

Deconfined quantum phase transition (DQPT) provides an extraordinary possibility of the quantum phase transition beyond the Ginzburg-Landau paradigm, which is interwoven with numerous exotic phenomena of the strongly correlated quantum…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-04-18 Dong-Xu Liu , Zijian Xiong , Yining Xu , Xue-Feng Zhang

Topology and symmetry play critical roles in characterizing quantum phases of matter. Recent advancements have unveiled symmetry-protected topological (SPT) phases in many-body systems as a unique class of short-range entangled states,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-13 Ruizhe Shen , Tianqi Chen , Bo Yang , Yin Zhong , Ching Hua Lee

Changes in the entanglement structure and critical phenomena are hallmarks of quantum phase transitions. Here, we discuss how they appear in transitions between classes of states with distinct entanglement patterns beyond the paradigm of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-27 Julian Boesl , Frank Pollmann , Michael Knap

A new regime of coherent quantum dynamics of a qubit is realized at low driving frequencies in the strong driving limit. Coherent transitions between qubit states occur via the Landau-Zener process when the system is swept through an…

We study quenching dynamics of a one-dimensional transverse Ising chain with nearest neighbor antiferromagentic interactions in the presence of a longitudinal field which renders the model non-integrable. The dynamics of the spin chain is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-10-07 Shraddha Sharma , Sei Suzuki , Amit Dutta

The analogy between an equilibrium partition function and the return probability in many-body unitary dynamics has led to the concept of dynamical quantum phase transition (DQPT). DQPTs are defined by non-analyticities in the return…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-02 Stefano De Nicola , Alexios A. Michailidis , Maksym Serbyn

The mass region with A~100 and Z~40 is known to experience a sudden onset of deformation. The presence of the subshell closure $Z=40$ makes feasible to create particle-hole excitations at a moderate excitation energy and, therefore, likely…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-10-30 J. E. Garcia-Ramos , K. Heyde

Dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) extend the concept of phase transitions and thus universality to the non-equilibrium regime. In this letter, we investigate DQPTs in a string of ions simulating interacting transverse-field Ising…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-30 P. Jurcevic , H. Shen , P. Hauke , C. Maier , T. Brydges , C. Hempel , B. P. Lanyon , M. Heyl , R. Blatt , C. F. Roos

We consider the spin-1/2 Ising chain in a regularly alternating transverse field to examine the effects of regular alternation on the quantum phase transition inherent in the quantum Ising chain. The number of quantum phase transition…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Oleg Derzhko , Taras Krokhmalskii

With Hubbard model, the entanglement scaling behavior in a two-dimensional itinerant system is investigated. It has been found that, on the two sides of the critical point denoting an inherent quantum phase transition (QPT), the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jiaxiang Wang , Sabre Kais

We study in this paper the quantum phase transition (QPT) from normal phase (NP) to superradiant phase (SP) for $N$ three-level atoms in a single-mode optical cavity for both Hermitian and non Hermitian Hamiltonians, where the $\Xi$-type…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-24 Ni Liu , Xinyu Jia , J. -Q. Liang

We study a Hamiltonian system describing a three spin-1/2 cluster-like interaction competing with an Ising-like exchange. We show that the ground state in the cluster phase possesses symmetry protected topological order. A continuous…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Wonmin Son , Luigi Amico , Rosario Fazio , Alioscia Hamma , Saverio Pascazio , Vlatko Vedral