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We observe that quantum indistinguishability is a dynamical effect dependent on measurement duration. We propose a quantitative criterion for observing indistinguishability in quantum fluids and its implications including quantum statistics…

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Understanding phase transitions in quantum matters constitutes a significant part of present day condensed matter physics. Quantum phase transitions concern ground state properties of many-body systems, and hence their signatures are…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-12-15 Sirshendu Bhattacharyya , Subinay Dasgupta , Arnab Das

Dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) are non-equilibrium transitions characterized by the orthogonality between an initial quantum state and its time-evolved counterpart following a sudden quench. Recently, studies of this phenomenon…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-27 Kai Zhang , Chang Shu , Kai Sun

Dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs), which refer to the criticality in time of a quantum many-body system, have attracted much theoretical and experimental research interest recently. Despite DQPTs are defined and signalled by the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-08-11 Wing Chi Yu , P. D. Sacramento , Yan Chao Li , Hai-Qing Lin

The physics of quantum states beyond thermodynamic equilibrium represents a fascinating and cutting-edge research. Using numerical state-of-the-art approaches, we observe dynamical quantum phase transitions in the dissipative two-qubit Rabi…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-08 G. Di Bello , A. Ponticelli , F. Pavan , V. Cataudella , G. De Filippis , A. de Candia , C. A. Perroni

We describe a new universality class of dynamical quantum phase transitions of the Loschmidt amplitude of quantum spin chains off equilibrium criticality. We demonstrate that in many cases it is possible to change the conventional linear…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-10-07 Yantao Wu

The role of quantum fluctuations in modifying the critical behavior of non-equilibrium phase transitions is a fundamental but unsolved question. In this study, we examine the absorbing state phase transition of a 1D chain of qubits…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-07-02 Nastasia Makki , Nicolai Lang , Hans Peter Büchler

Quantum criticality plays a central role in understanding non-Fermi liquid behavior and unconventional superconductivity in strongly correlated systems. In this review, we explore the quantum critical Eliashberg theory, which extends…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-06-16 Ilya Esterlis , Joerg Schmalian

A new microcanonical equilibrium state is introduced for quantum systems with finite-dimensional state spaces. Equilibrium is characterised by a uniform distribution on a level surface of the expectation value of the Hamiltonian. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-10-25 Dorje C. Brody , Daniel W. Hook , Lane P. Hughston

Quantum phase transitions are a ubiquitous many-body phenomenon that occurs in a wide range of physical systems, including superconductors, quantum spin liquids, and topological materials. However, investigations of quantum critical systems…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-09-06 Timo Kist , Jose L. Lado , Christian Flindt

We establish an intriguing connection between quantum phase transitions and bifurcations in the reduced fidelity between two different reduced density matrices for quantum lattice many-body systems with symmetry-breaking orders. Our finding…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-05-20 Jin-Hua Liu , Qian-Qian Shi , Jian-Hui Zhao , Huan-Qiang Zhou

Quantum computers promise a highly efficient approach to investigate quantum phase transitions, which describe abrupt changes between different ground states of many-body systems. At quantum critical points, the divergent correlation length…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-02 Shi-Xin Zhang , Shuai Yin

In recent years, various notions of dynamical phase transitions have emerged to describe far-from-equilibrium criticality. A unifying framework connecting these different concepts is still missing, and would provide significant progress…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-04-04 Ángel L. Corps , Armando Relaño , Jad C. Halimeh

It is an outstanding goal to unveil the key features of quantum dynamics at eigenstate transitions. Focusing on quadratic fermionic Hamiltonians that exhibit localization transitions, we identify physical observables that exhibit…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-07-16 Simon Jiricek , Miroslav Hopjan , Patrycja Łydżba , Fabian Heidrich-Meisner , Lev Vidmar

We establish a unified framework for dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) in non-Hermitian systems that encompasses both biorthogonal and self-norm non-biorthogonal formulations for pure and mixed states under quantum quench…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-27 Yongxu Fu , Gao Xianlong

In this work we analyze the emergence of phase transitions in a quantum brain model inspired by the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick framework, where biologically motivated synaptic feedback modulates the collective interaction in a nonlinear and…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2026-03-05 Elvira Romera , Joaquín J. Torres

Quantum many body system in equilibrium can be effectively characterized using the framework of quantum statistical mechanics. However, nonequilibrium behaviour of quantum many body systems remains elusive, out of the range of such a well…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-14 Bing Chen , Xianfei Hou , Feifei Zhou , Peng Qian , Heng Shen , Nanyang Xu

We experimentally study the critical properties of the non-equilibrium solid-liquid-like transition that takes place in vibrated granular matter. The critical dynamics is characterized by the coupling of the density field with the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-23 Gustavo Castillo , Nicolás Mujica , Rodrigo Soto

Metallic states near the Mott insulator show a variety of quantum phases including various magnetic, charge ordered states and high-temperature superconductivity in various transition metal oxides and organic solids. The emergence of a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-12-05 Kensaku Takai , Youhei Yamaji , Fakher F. Assaad , Masatoshi Imada

Quantum phase transitions play an important role in many-body systems and have been a research focus in conventional condensed matter physics over the past few decades. Artificial atoms, such as superconducting qubits that can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-26 M. Feng , Y. P. Zhong , T. Liu , L. L. Yan , W. L. Yang , J. Twamley , H. Wang