Space of initial conditions and universality in nonequilibrium quantum dynamics
We study analytically the role of initial conditions in nonequilibrium quantum dynamics considering the one-dimensional ferromagnets in the regime of spontaneously broken symmetry. We analyze the expectation value of local operators for the infinite-dimensional space of initial conditions of domain...
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| description | We study analytically the role of initial conditions in nonequilibrium quantum dynamics considering the one-dimensional ferromagnets in the regime of spontaneously broken symmetry. We analyze the expectation value of local operators for the infinite-dimensional space of initial conditions of domain wall type, generally intended as initial conditions spatially interpolating between two different ground states. At large times the unitary time evolution takes place inside a light cone produced by the spatial inhomogeneity of the initial condition. In the innermost part of the light cone the form of the space-time dependence is universal, in the sense that it is specified by data of the equilibrium universality class. The global limit shape in the variable x/t changes with the initial condition. In systems with more than two ground states the tuning of an interaction parameter can induce a transition which is the nonequilibrium quantum analog of the interfacial wetting transition occurring in classical systems at equilibrium. We illustrate the general results through the examples of the Ising, Potts and Ashkin-Teller chains. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4343acbd1eff4b73b9ab1e4c8e0e42462022-12-22T04:25:10ZengElsevierNuclear Physics B0550-32132022-10-01983115910Space of initial conditions and universality in nonequilibrium quantum dynamicsGesualdo Delfino0Marianna Sorba1SISSA – Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy; INFN sezione di Trieste, 34100 Trieste, Italy; Corresponding author.SISSA – Via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy; INFN sezione di Trieste, 34100 Trieste, ItalyWe study analytically the role of initial conditions in nonequilibrium quantum dynamics considering the one-dimensional ferromagnets in the regime of spontaneously broken symmetry. We analyze the expectation value of local operators for the infinite-dimensional space of initial conditions of domain wall type, generally intended as initial conditions spatially interpolating between two different ground states. At large times the unitary time evolution takes place inside a light cone produced by the spatial inhomogeneity of the initial condition. In the innermost part of the light cone the form of the space-time dependence is universal, in the sense that it is specified by data of the equilibrium universality class. The global limit shape in the variable x/t changes with the initial condition. In systems with more than two ground states the tuning of an interaction parameter can induce a transition which is the nonequilibrium quantum analog of the interfacial wetting transition occurring in classical systems at equilibrium. We illustrate the general results through the examples of the Ising, Potts and Ashkin-Teller chains.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321322002619 |
| spellingShingle | Gesualdo Delfino Marianna Sorba Space of initial conditions and universality in nonequilibrium quantum dynamics Nuclear Physics B |
| title | Space of initial conditions and universality in nonequilibrium quantum dynamics |
| title_full | Space of initial conditions and universality in nonequilibrium quantum dynamics |
| title_fullStr | Space of initial conditions and universality in nonequilibrium quantum dynamics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Space of initial conditions and universality in nonequilibrium quantum dynamics |
| title_short | Space of initial conditions and universality in nonequilibrium quantum dynamics |
| title_sort | space of initial conditions and universality in nonequilibrium quantum dynamics |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321322002619 |
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