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The quantum phase transition in iron-based superconductors with 'half-Dirac' node at the electron Fermi surface as a $T=0$ structural phase transition described in terms of nematic order is discussed. An effective low energy theory that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-10-21 Imam Makhfudz

We demonstrate the real-time detection of dynamical phase transitions (DPTs) in lattice-confined spinor gases subject to a priori unknown time-variant interactions, via the temporal behaviors of both the system energy and spinor phases…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-04-07 J. O. Austin-Harris , Z. N. Hardesty-Shaw , C. Binegar , P. Sigdel , T. Bilitewski , Y. Liu

The spontaneous breaking of time-translation symmetry in periodically driven quantum systems leads to a new phase of matter: discrete time crystals (DTC). This phase exhibits collective subharmonic oscillations that depend upon an interplay…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-04-21 Norman Y. Yao , Chetan Nayak , Leon Balents , Michael P. Zaletel

Universality and scaling are hallmarks of second-order phase transitions but are generally unexpected in first-order quantum phase transitions (FOQPTs). We present a microscopic theory showing that quantum criticality can emerge around the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-29 Fan Zhang , Chiao Wang , H. T. Quan

Quantum critical behaviors induced by a putative quantum phase transition are vigilantly investigated, which separates a $d$-wave superconducting state and $d$-wave superconducting+$X$ state below the superconducting dome of the $d-$wave…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-05-03 Xiao-Yue Ren , Ya-Hui Zhai , Jing Wang

We show that the quasiparticle effective mass $M^*$ diverges as a function of the system's density $x$, $M^*\propto 1/(x-x_{FC})$, when a system approaches the critical point $x_{FC}$ at which the fermion condensation quantum phase…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 V. R. Shaginyan

Quantum phase transitions (QPTs) involve transformations between different states of matter that are driven by quantum fluctuations. These fluctuations play a dominant role in the quantum critical region surrounding the transition point,…

We demonstrate the existence of a dynamical quantum phase transition (DQPT) in a dissipative collective-spin model that exhibits the boundary time crystal (BTC) phase. We initialize the system in the ground state of the Hamiltonian in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-05 Sukrut Mondkar , Priya Ghosh , Ujjwal Sen

Quantum criticality within Dirac fermions harbors a plethora of exotic phenomena, attracting sustained attention in the past decades. Here, we explore the imaginary-time relaxation dynamics in a typical Dirac quantum criticality belonging…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-26 Yin-Kai Yu , Zhi Zeng , Yu-Rong Shu , Zi-Xiang Li , Shuai Yin

Over the past decade, dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) have emerged as a paradigm shift in understanding nonequilibrium quantum many-body systems. However, the challenge lies in identifying order parameters that effectively…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-04-17 Arkadiusz Kosior , Markus Heyl

Deconfined quantum critical points are intriguing transition points not predicted by the Landau-Ginzburg-Wilson symmetry-breaking paradigm which are usually identified by the appearance of a continuous phase transition between locally…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-08 Niccolò Baldelli , Arianna Montorsi , Sergi Julià-Farré , Maciej Lewenstein , Matteo Rizzi , Luca Barbiero

Dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) are characterized by nonanalytic behaviors of physical observables as functions of time. When a system is subject to time-periodic modulations, the nonanalytic signatures of its observables could…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-02 Longwen Zhou , Qianqian Du

Short-time dynamics of many-body systems may exhibit non-analytical behavior of the systems' properties at particular times, thus dubbed dynamical quantum phase transition. Simulations showed that in the presence of disorder new critical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-03-14 O. N. Kuliashov , A. A. Markov , A. N. Rubtsov

We study the appearance of first-order dynamical phase transitions (DPTs) as `intermittent' co-existing phases in the fluctuations of random walks on graphs. We show that the diverging time scale leading to critical behaviour is the waiting…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-09-09 David C. Stuhrmann , Francesco Coghi

We investigate the evolution of the net-proton kurtosis and the kurtosis of the chiral order parameter near the critical point in the model of nonequilibrium chiral fluid dynamics. The order parameter is propagated explicitly and coupled to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-03-23 Christoph Herold , Marlene Nahrgang , Yupeng Yan , Chinorat Kobdaj

We characterize, by means of large-scale fermion quantum Monte Carlo simulations, metallic and deconfined quantum phase transitions in a bilayer honeycomb model in terms of their quantum critical and finite-temperature properties.The model…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-09-17 Zi Hong Liu , Matthias Vojta , Fakher F. Assaad , Lukas Janssen

Dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) are manifested by time-domain nonanalytic behaviors of many-body systems.Introducing a quench is so far understood as a typical scenario to induce DQPTs.In this work, we discover a novel type of…

We study the quantum criticality of the phase transition between the Dirac semimetal and the excitonic insulator in two dimensions. Even though the system has a semimetallic ground state, there are observable effects of excitonic pairing at…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-10-03 Xiao-Yin Pan , Jing-Rong Wang , Guo-Zhu Liu

Quantum critical fluctuations may prove to play an instrumental role in the formation of unconventional superconductivity. Here, we show that the characteristic scaling of a marginal Fermi liquid is present in inelastic light scattering…

We introduce the notion of a dynamical topological order parameter (DTOP) that characterises dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) occurring in the subsequent temporal evolution of "two dimensional" closed quantum systems, following a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-07-19 Utso Bhattacharya , Amit Dutta