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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 long-time behavior of quantum N-level systems that are coupled to a Markovian environment and subject to periodic driving. As our main result, we obtain a general algebraic condition ensuring that all solutions of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Paul Menczel , Kay Brandner

Quantum state preparation can be strikingly counterintuitive: the fastest route to a target state need not start from the apparently closest initial condition. We uncover such a quantum Mpemba effect in the dynamical generation of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-07 Zhenyu Xiao , Hao-Kai Zhang , Shuo Liu

In the framework of the theory of open systems based on completely positive quantum dynamical semigroups, we study the continuous variable entanglement for a system consisting of two independent harmonic oscillators interacting with a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-12-31 Aurelian Isar

We study a class of multipartite open quantum dynamics for systems of arbitrary number of qubits. The non-Markovian quantum master equation can involve arbitrary single or multipartite and time-dependent dissipative coupling mechanisms,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-09 Adrián A. Budini , Juan P. Garrahan

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

The counterintuitive Mpemba effect, wherein a hotter system cools faster, critically lacks a general macroscopic theory. Here, starting from linear irreversible thermodynamics, we formulate a generalized Newton's cooling law,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-05-21 Yun-Qian Lin , Z. C. Tu , Yu-Han Ma

Many systems, when initially placed far from equilibrium, exhibit surprising behavior in their attempt to equilibrate. Striking examples are the Mpemba effect and the cooling-heating asymmetry. These anomalous behaviors can be exploited to…

Understanding how a quantum many-body state is maintained stably as a nonequilibrium steady state is of fundamental and practical importance for exploration and exploitation of open quantum systems. We establish a general equivalent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-28 Takanao Ishii , Masahito Ueda

In this work, we develop a mathematical framework to model a quantum system whose Hamiltonian may depend on the state of changing environment, that evolves according to a Markovian process. When the environment changes its state, the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-17 Henryk Gzyl

The quantum master equation is a widespread approach to describing open quantum system dynamics. In this approach, the effect of the environment on the system evolution is entirely captured by the dynamical generator, providing a compact…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-27 Jan Kolodynski , Jonatan Bohr Brask , Marti Perarnau-Llobet , Bogna Bylicka

We present perturbative error bounds for the non-Markovian dynamics of observables in open quantum systems interacting with Gaussian environments, governed by a general Liouville dynamics. This extends the work of [Mascherpa et al., Phys.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-16 Zhen Huang , Yuanran Zhu , Gunhee Park , Lin Lin

Entanglement asymmetry is a measure that quantifies the degree of symmetry breaking at the level of a subsystem. In this work, we investigate the entanglement asymmetry in $\widehat{su}(N)_k$ Wess-Zumino-Witten model and discuss the quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-03 Harunobu Fujimura , Soichiro Shimamori

We demonstrate that open quantum systems exhibiting dynamical phase transitions (DPTs) allow for efficient protocols implementing the Pontus-Mpemba effect. The relaxation speed-up toward a predesignated target state is tied to the existence…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-25 Andrea Nava , Reinhold Egger , Bidyut Dey , Domenico Giuliano

The Aubry transition between sliding and pinned phases, driven by the competition between two incommensurate length scales, represents a paradigm that is applicable to a large variety of microscopically distinct systems. Despite previous…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-01-20 Pietro Maria Bonetti , Andrea Rucci , Vladan Vuletic , Maria Luisa Chiofalo

The Lindblad equation determines the time evolution of the density operator of open quantum systems. While valid for any system size, its use is, in practice, restricted to prototype/surrogate models with the aim of tackling specific…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Benedikt M. Reible , Somayeh Ahmadkhani , Luigi Delle Site

We unveil a quantum Pontus-Mpemba effect enabled by the Liouvillian skin effect in a dissipative tight-binding chain with asymmetric incoherent hopping and coherent boundary coupling. The skin effect, induced by non-reciprocal dissipation,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Stefano Longhi

The interplay between symmetries and entanglement in out-of-equilibrium quantum systems is currently at the centre of an intense multidisciplinary research effort. Here we introduce a setting where these questions can be characterised…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-02-07 Alessandro Foligno , Pasquale Calabrese , Bruno Bertini

We investigate the dissipative dynamics yielded by the Lindblad equation within the coexistence region around a first order phase transition. In particular, we consider an exactly-solvable fullyconnected quantum Ising model with n-spin…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-09-11 Andrea Nava , Michele Fabrizio

We review our results on a mathematical dynamical theory for observables for open many-body quantum nonlinear bosonic systems for a very general class of Hamiltonians. We show that non-quadratic (nonlinear) terms in a Hamiltonian provide a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-01-29 Gennady P. Berman , Fausto Borgonovi , Diego A. R. Dalvit