A nonequilibrium quantum phase transition in strongly coupled spin  chains

Eduardo Mascarenhas; Giacomo Giudice; Vincenzo Savona

doi:10.22331/q-2017-12-20-40

A nonequilibrium quantum phase transition in strongly coupled spin chains

Eduardo Mascarenhas, Giacomo Giudice, and Vincenzo Savona

Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Published:	2017-12-20, volume 1, page 40
Eprint:	arXiv:1703.02934v6
Doi:	https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2017-12-20-40
Citation:	Quantum 1, 40 (2017).

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Abstract

We study spin transport in a boundary driven XXZ spin chain. Driving at the chain boundaries is modeled by two additional spin chains prepared in oppositely polarized states. Emergent behavior, both in the transient dynamics and in the long-time quasi-steady state, is demonstrated. Time-dependent matrix-product-state simulations of the system-bath state show ballistic spin transport below the Heisenberg isotropic point. Indications of exponentially vanishing transport are found above the Heisenberg point for low energy initial states while the current decays asymptotically as a power law for high energy states. Precisely at the critical point, non-ballistic transport is observed. Finally, it is found that the sensitivity of the quasi-stationary state on the initial state of the chain is a good witness of the different transport phases.

► BibTeX data

@article{Mascarenhas2017nonequilibrium,
  doi = {10.22331/q-2017-12-20-40},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2017-12-20-40},
  title = {A nonequilibrium quantum phase transition in strongly coupled spin  chains},
  author = {Mascarenhas, Eduardo and Giudice, Giacomo and Savona, Vincenzo},
  journal = {{Quantum}},
  issn = {2521-327X},
  publisher = {{Verein zur F{\"{o}}rderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften}},
  volume = {1},
  pages = {40},
  month = dec,
  year = {2017}
}

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