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We propose a general class of open fermionic models where quadratic Liouvillians governing the dissipative dynamics feature exactly solvable higher-order exceptional points (EPs). Invoking the formalism of third quantization, we show that,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Mingtao Xu , Wei Yi

Entanglement underpins the power of quantum technologies, yet it is fragile and typically destroyed by dissipation. Paradoxically, the same dissipation, when carefully engineered, can drive a system toward robust entangled steady states.…

We prove that generic quantum local Hamiltonians are gapless. In fact, we prove that there is a continuous density of states above the ground state. The Hamiltonian can be on a lattice in any spatial dimension or on a graph with a bounded…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-06 Ramis Movassagh

A state of an open quantum system is described by a density matrix, whose dynamics is governed by a Liouvillian superoperator. Within a general framework, we explore fundamental properties of both first-order dissipative phase transitions…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-10-19 Fabrizio Minganti , Alberto Biella , Nicola Bartolo , Cristiano Ciuti

We study generic open quantum systems with Markovian dissipation, focusing on a class of stochastic Liouvillian operators of Lindblad form with independent random dissipation channels (jump operators) and a random Hamiltonian. We establish…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-07 Lucas Sá , Pedro Ribeiro , Tomaž Prosen

Deconfined criticality and gapless topological states have recently attracted growing attention, as both phenomena go beyond the traditional Landau paradigm. However, the deep connection between these two critical states, particularly in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-08 Sheng Yang , Fu Xu , Da-Chuan Lu , Yi-Zhuang You , Hai-Qing Lin , Xue-Jia Yu

Open dynamical systems are mathematical models of machines that take input, change their internal state, and produce output. For example, one may model anything from neurons to robots in this way. Several open dynamical systems can be…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-02-25 David I. Spivak

Topological orders are a class of exotic states of matter characterized by patterns of long-range entanglement. Certain topologically ordered systems are proposed as potential realization of fault-tolerant quantum computation. Topological…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-08 Zhihuang Luo , Jun Li , Zhaokai Li , Ling-Yan Hung , Yidun Wan , Xinhua Peng , Jiangfeng Du

Driven-dissipative quantum systems can exhibit robust transport and amplification in topological regimes, yet the connection between topology and the extent of correlations remains largely unexplored. In this work, we develop a general…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Miguel Clavero Rubio , Tomás Ramos , Diego Porras

Topological phases support edge states that can be robust to material deformations and other perturbations. While well-studied in quantum systems, topological phases have also been observed in stochastic and biochemical systems, yet it…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-06 Ziyin Xiong , Aleksandra Nelson , Evelyn Tang

In this work we demonstrate that linearized gravity exhibits gapless topological order with an extensive ground state degeneracy. This phenomenon is closely related both to the topological order of the pyrochlore U(1) spin liquid and to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-08-30 Alex Rasmussen , Adam Jermyn

A two-dimensional lattice gas model is proposed. The ground state of this model with a fixed density is neither periodic nor quasi-periodic. It also depends on system size in an irregular manner. On the other hand, it is ordered in the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-19 Shin-ichi Sasa

We introduce a general scheme for constructing order parameters (OPs) by extracting generic patterns from the dominant Fock states of many-body ground states. While topological phases are traditionally characterized by non-local invariants,…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-13 Tsz Hin Hui , Xiaodan Xia , Pedro D. Sacramento , Wing Chi Yu

In this work we present some new understanding of topological order, including three main aspects: (1) It was believed that classifying topological orders corresponds to classifying gapped quantum states. We show that such a statement is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-22 Bei Zeng , Xiao-Gang Wen

In this article, we investigate the convergence behavior of two classes of gathering protocols with fixed circulant topologies using tools from dynamical systems. Given a fixed number of mobile entities moving in the Euclidean plane, we…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Raphael Gerlach , Sören von der Gracht , Michael Dellnitz

We investigate dissipation-driven topological phase transitions in one-dimensional quantum open systems governed by the Lindblad equation with linear dissipation operators, which ensure the density matrix retains its Gaussian form…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Tian-Shu Deng , Fan Yang

Continuum lattice grid structures which consist of joined elastic beams subject to flexural deformations are ubiquitous. In this work, we establish a theoretical framework of the topological dynamics of continuum lattice grid structures,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-01-07 Yimeng Sun , Jiacheng Xing , Li-Hua Shao , Jianxiang Wang

A gapped ground state of a quantum spin system has a natural length scale set by the gap. This length scale governs the decay of correlations. A common intuition is that this length scale also controls the spatial relaxation towards the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-09-14 Sven Bachmann , Wojciech De Roeck , Brecht Donvil , Martin Fraas

"Topological ordered" phases such as gapped quantum spin-liquids and fractional quantum Hall states possess ground state degeneracy on a torus. We show that the topological nature of this degeneracy has interesting consequences for the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-12-13 Tarun Grover

Topological concepts have been employed to understand the ground states of many strongly correlated systems, but it is still quite unclear if and how topology manifests itself in the relaxation dynamics. Here we uncover emergent topological…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-03-31 Wang Huang , Xu-Chen Yang , Rui Cao , Ying-Hai Wu , Jianmin Yuan , Yongqiang Li