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This work is concerned with the excited state quantum phase transitions (ESQPTs) defined in Ann.Phys. 323, 1106 (2008). In many-body models that exhibit such transitions, the ground state quantum phase transition (QPT) occurs in parallel…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-01-08 Francisco Pérez-Bernal , Lea F. Santos

The dynamical quantum phase transition (DQPT) is an important concept in nonequilibrium critical phenomena; however, its relation to the equilibrium quantum phase transition (EQPT) remains obscure. Substantial evidence has suggested that…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-15 Yumeng Zeng , Shu Chen

We investigate two types of dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) in the transverse field Ising model on ensembles of Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi networks of size $N$. These networks consist of vertices connected randomly with probability $p$…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-24 Tomohiro Hashizume , Felix Herbort , Joseph Tindall , Dieter Jaksch

Dynamical phase transitions (DPTs) characterize critical changes in system behavior occurring at finite times, providing a lens to study nonequilibrium phenomena beyond conventional equilibrium physics. While extensively studied in quantum…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-12-10 Jiazhen Liu , Nathaniel M. Aden , Debasish Sarker , Chaoming Song

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

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

By deriving a general framework and analyzing concrete examples, we demonstrate a class of dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) in one-dimensional two-band systems going through double-quench processes. When this type of DQPT occurs,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-05 Xu-Yang Hou , Qu-Cheng Gao , Hao Guo , Chih-Chun Chien

Dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) represent a counterpart in non-equilibrium quantum time evolution of thermal phase transitions at equilibrium, where real time becomes analogous to a control parameter such as temperature. In…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-01-01 Christian B. Mendl , Jan Carl Budich

The thermodynamics of quantum phase transitions has long been a rich area of research, providing numerous insights and enhancing our understanding of this important phenomenon. This theoretical framework has been well-developed specially…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-05 Andesson B. Nascimento , Lucas C. Céleri

Quantum phase transitions also occur in non-Hermitian systems. In this work we show that density functional theory, for the first time, uncovers universal behaviors for phase transitions in non-Hermitian many-body systems. To be specific,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-10 Bo-Bo Wei , Liang Jin

This work investigates dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) in a one-dimensional Ising model subjected to a periodically modulated transverse field. In contrast to sudden quenches, we demonstrate that a DQPT can be induced in two…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-25 Yuanyuan Cheng , Yuxia Zhang , Tianhui Qiu , Peipei Xin , Bao-Ming Xu

Open quantum systems with nearly degenerate energy levels have been shown to exhibit long-lived metastable states in the approach to equilibrium, even when modelled with certain Lindblad-form quantum master equations. This is a result of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-16 Matthew Gerry , Michael J. Kewming , Dvira Segal

We investigate the fate of dissipative phase transitions in quantum many-body systems when the individual constituents are qudits ($d$-level systems) instead of qubits. As an example system, we employ a permutation-invariant $XY$ model of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-16 Lukas Pausch , François Damanet , Thierry Bastin , John Martin

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…

Often quantum systems are not isolated and interactions with their environments must be taken into account. In such open quantum systems these environmental interactions can lead to decoherence and dissipation, which have a marked influence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-14 Raymond Kapral

Dynamical phase transitions in the relaxation behavior of stochastic quantum walks are investigated, focusing on systems where coherent unitary evolution is periodically interrupted by dephasing. This interplay leads to a classicalization…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-01 Stefano Longhi

We study the dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) manifested in the subsequent unitary dynamics of an extended Ising model with additional three spin interactions following a sudden quench. Revisiting the equilibrium phase diagram of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-04-24 Sourav Bhattacharjee , Amit Dutta

Signaled by non-analyticities in the time evolution of physical observables, dynamic quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) emerge in quench dynamics of topological systems and possess an interesting geometric origin captured by dynamic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-01-23 Kunkun Wang , Xingze Qiu , Lei Xiao , Xiang Zhan , Zhihao Bian , Wei Yi , Peng Xue

Floquet dynamical quantum phase transitions (FDQPTs) reveal many nonequilibrium critical phenomena in periodically driven quantum systems, and their underlying mechanisms have attracted deep attention in recent years. In this paper, we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-22 Wen-Hui Nie , Mei-Yu Zhang , Lin-Cheng Wang , Chong Li

We describe how to characterize dynamical phase transitions in open quantum systems from a purely dynamical perspective, namely, through the statistical behavior of quantum jump trajectories. This approach goes beyond considering only…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-04-26 Igor Lesanovsky , Merlijn van Horssen , Madalin Guta , Juan P. Garrahan