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The Kibble-Zurek mechanism is the paradigm to account for the nonadiabatic dynamics of a system across a continuous phase transition. Its study in the quantum regime is hindered by the requisite of ground state cooling. We report the…

We analyze the quantum phase transitions taking place in a one-dimensional transverse field Ising model with long-range couplings that decay algebraically with distance. We are interested in the Kibble-Zurek universal scaling laws emerging…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-09-25 Ricardo Puebla , Oliver Marty , Martin B. Plenio

We uncover an aspect of the Kibble--Zurek phenomenology, according to which the spectrum of critical exponents of a classical or quantum phase transition is revealed, by driving the system slowly in directions parallel to the phase…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-02-14 Steven Mathey , Sebastian Diehl

Near a critical point, the equilibrium relaxation time of a system diverges and any change of control/thermodynamic parameters leads to non-equilibrium behavior. The Kibble-Zurek problem is to determine the dynamical evolution of the system…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-09-20 Anushya Chandran , Amir Erez , Steven S. Gubser , S. L. Sondhi

We propose a theory to explain the experimental observed deviation from the Kibble-Zurek mechanism (KZM) scaling in rapidly quenched critical phase transition dynamics. There is a critical quench rate $\tau_{Q}^{c1}$ above it the KZM…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-10-18 Chuan-Yin Xia , Hua-Bi Zeng

The Kibble-Zurek (KZ) mechanism describes the generations of topological defects when a system undergoes a second-order phase transition via quenches. We study the holographic KZ scaling using holographic superconductors. The scaling can be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-06-07 Makoto Natsuume , Takashi Okamura

The Kibble-Zurek (KZ) mechanism has been extensively studied in various second-order phase transitions, yet the case of tricriticality-the point where second-order phase transition lines terminate-remains experimentally elusive. Here, we…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-12-02 Hanteng Wang , Xingyu Li , Chengshu Li

We study the crossing of the quantum phase transition in the transverse-field Ising model after modulating the magnetic field at an arbitrary rate, exploring the critical dynamics from the slow to the sudden quench regime. We do so by…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-05-05 András Grabarits , Federico Balducci , Adolfo del Campo

The Kibble-Zurek (KZ) hypothesis identifies the relevant time scales in out-of-equilibrium dynamics of critical systems employing concepts valid at equilibrium: It predicts the scaling of the defect formation immediately after quenches…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-06-08 Pietro Silvi , Giovanna Morigi , Tommaso Calarco , Simone Montangero

The celebrated Kibble-Zurek mechanism (KZM) describes the scaling of physical quantities when external parameters sweep through a critical point. Boundaries are ubiquitous in real systems, and critical behaviors near the boundary have…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-15 Yu-Rong Shu , Shuai Yin

We propose scaling theories for Kosterlitz-Thouless (KT) phase transitions on the basis of the hallmark exponential growth of their correlation length. Finite-size scaling, finite-entanglement scaling, short-time critical dynamics, and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-01-05 Zhiyao Zuo , Shuai Yin , Xuanmin Cao , Fan Zhong

Low dimensional quasiperiodic systems exhibit localization transitions by turning all quantum states localized after a critical quasidisorder. While certain systems with modified or constrained quasiperiodic potential undergo multiple…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2022-06-14 Ashirbad Padhan , Mrinal Kanti Giri , Suman Mondal , Tapan Mishra

We consider the time-dependent transverse field Ising chain with time-periodic perturbations. Without perturbations, this model is one of the famous models that obeys the scaling in the adiabatic limit predicted by the quantum Kibble-Zurek…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-09 Takayuki Suzuki , Kaito Iwamura

We give an overview of the scaling of density of quasi-particles and excess energy (heat) for nearly adiabatic dynamics near quantum critical points (QCPs). In particular we discuss both sudden quenches of small amplitude and slow sweeps…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-05-19 Vladimir Gritsev , Anatoli Polkovnikov

We study the combined effect of quasiperiodic disorder, driven and interaction in the periodically kicked Aubry-Andr\'{e} model. In the non-interacting limit, by analyzing the quasienergy spectrum statistics, we verify the existence of a…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-08-26 Yu Zhang , Bozhen Zhou , Haiping Hu , Shu Chen

We show that a thermally isolated system driven across a quantum phase transition by a noisy control field exhibits anti-Kibble-Zurek behavior, whereby slower driving results in higher excitations. We characterize the density of excitations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-23 Anirban Dutta , Armin Rahmani , Adolfo del Campo

We consider a one-dimensional classical ferromagnetic Ising model when it is quenched from a low temperature to zero temperature in finite time using Glauber or Kawasaki dynamics. Most of the previous work on finite-time quenches assume…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-01-10 Lakshita Jindal , Kavita Jain

We present a thorough pedagogical analysis of the single particle localization phenomenon in a quasiperiodic lattice in one dimension. Description of disorder in the lattice is represented by the Aubry-Andr\'e model. Characterization of…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-05-03 G. A. Domínguez-Castro , R. Paredes

We investigate the nonequilibrium dynamics of quantum spin chains during a round-trip protocol that slowly drives the system across a quantum first-order transition. Out-of-equilibrium scaling behaviors \`a la Kibble-Zurek for the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-09-27 Francesco Tarantelli , Stefano Scopa

The Kibble-Zurek mechanism (KZM) captures the essential physics of nonequilibrium quantum phase transitions with symmetry breaking. KZM predicts a universal scaling power law for the defect density which is fully determined by the system's…