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The quantum Pontus-Mpemba effect (QPME) is a counterintuitive phenomenon wherein a quantum system relaxes more rapidly through a two-step evolution protocol than through direct evolution under a symmetric Hamiltonian alone. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-13 Hui Yu , Jiangping Hu , Shi-Xin Zhang

The non-equilibrium physics of many-body quantum systems harbors various unconventional phenomena. In this study, we experimentally investigate one of the most puzzling of these phenomena -- the quantum Mpemba effect, where a tilted…

We investigate the quantum Mpemba effect from the perspective of non-equilibrium quantum thermodynamics by studying relaxation dynamics of quantum systems coupled to a Markovian heat bath, which are described by Davies maps. Starting from a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-08 Mattia Moroder , Oisín Culhane , Krissia Zawadzki , John Goold

We study a one-dimensional quasiperiodic tight-binding model with simultaneous off-diagonal (hopping) and diagonal (onsite) modulations. Using the inverse participation ratio and the wave-packet centroid, we construct…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-01-27 Ao Zhou , Feng Lu , Shujie Cheng , Gao Xianlong

We investigate a non-Hermitian model featuring non-reciprocal gradient hoppings. Through an in-depth analysis of the Liouvillian spectrum and dynamics, we confirm the emergence of the Liouvillian skin effect resulting from the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-21 Zeqing Wang , Yao Lu , Yi Peng , Ran Qi , Yucheng Wang , Jianwen Jie

Non-equilibrium dynamics in non-Hermitian systems has attracted significant interest, particularly due to the skin effect and its associated anomalous phenomena. Previous studies have primarily focused on initial states with a definite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-05 Sibo Guo , Shuai Yin , Shi-Xin Zhang , Zi-Xiang Li

Non-equilibrium dynamics have become a central research focus, exemplified by the counterintuitive Mpemba effect where initially hotter systems can cool faster than colder ones. Studied extensively in both classical and quantum regimes,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-04 Hui Yu , Shuo Liu , Shi-Xin Zhang

Understanding how symmetry constrains dissipative relaxation in open quantum many-body systems remains a central challenge in nonequilibrium physics. Here we uncover a symmetry-selective Liouvillian mechanism that protects an isolated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Zijun Wei , Mingdi Xu , Yefeng Song , Yangqian Yan , Lei Pan

Since it's rediscovery in the twentieth century, the Mpemba effect, where a far-from-equilibrium state may relax faster than a state closer to equilibrium, has been extensively studied in classical systems and has recently received…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 David J. Strachan , Archak Purkayastha , Stephen R. Clark

The Mpemba effect was originally referred to as the faster icing of a higher-temperature system than a lower-temperature system, and was later generalized to anomalous decays of both classical and quantum observables to equilibrium states.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-15 Xuanhua Wang , Jin Wang

Local relaxation after a quench in 1-D quantum many-body systems is a well known and very active problem with rich phenomenology. Except for pathological cases, the local relaxation is accompanied by the local restoration of the symmetries…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-11-14 Konstantinos Chalas , Filiberto Ares , Colin Rylands , Pasquale Calabrese

One of the manifestations of the quantum Mpemba effect (QME) is that a tilted ferromagnet exhibits faster restoration of the spin-rotational symmetry after a quantum quench when starting from a larger tilt angle. This phenomenon has…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-11 Shion Yamashika , Filiberto Ares

Quantum Mpemba effect describes an anomalous phenomenon of accelerated relaxation which is of fundamental interest in the field of nonequilibrium thermodynamics. Conventional theories on this phenomenon strongly rely on the Born-Markovian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-23 Ze-Zhou Zhang , Hong-Gang Luo , Wei Wu

Observation of the quantum Mpemba effect has spurred much interest in its enabling conditions and its relation to the classical counterpart. Here, we consider weakly open many-body quantum systems initialized in different thermal states and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-24 Iris Ulčakar , Rustem Sharipov , Gianluca Lagnese , Zala Lenarčič

The Mpemba effect is the phenomenon whereby systems farther from equilibrium may relax faster. In this work, we show that this counterintuitive behavior appears in the very measures that define quantum complexity. Using the framework of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-07 Sreemayee Aditya , Alessandro Summer , Piotr Sierant , Xhek Turkeshi

We generalize the classical thermal Mpemba effect (where an initially hot system relaxes faster to the final equilibrium state than a cold one) to open quantum systems coupled to several reservoirs. We show that, in general, two different…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-10-07 Andrea Nava , Reinhold Egger

The behavior of systems far from equilibrium is often complex and unpredictable, challenging and sometimes overturning the physical intuition derived from equilibrium scenarios. One striking example of this is the Mpemba effect, which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-02 Stefano Longhi

In the field of dissipative systems, the non-Hermitian skin effect has generated significant interest due to its unexpected implications. A system is said to exhibit a skin effect if its properties are largely affected by the boundary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-14 Antonio Sannia , Gian Luca Giorgi , Stefano Longhi , Roberta Zambrini

Recently, a novel probe to study symmetry breaking, known as entanglement asymmetry, has emerged and has been utilized to explore how symmetry is dynamically restored following quantum quenches. Interestingly, it has been shown that, in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-03-27 Filiberto Ares , Vittorio Vitale , Sara Murciano

Closed chaotic quantum systems relax after a quench into a Gibbs ensemble. At late times, the relaxation speed is determined by their conservation laws and hydrodynamics. As a result, there exist pairs of initial states which thermalize to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Thomas Martin Müller , Silvia Pappalardi , Rosario Fazio