Causality and non-equilibrium second-order phase transitions in inhomogeneous systems

Spontaneous nucleation and dynamics of kink defects in zigzag arrays of trapped ions

(2013) S. Ejtemaee et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Trapping of Topological-Structural Defects in Coulomb Crystals

(2013) M. Mielenz et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Topological defect formation and spontaneous symmetry breaking in ion Coulomb crystals

(2013) K. Pyka et al.   Nature Communications

Observation of the Kibble–Zurek scaling law for defect formation in ion crystals

(2013) S. Ulm et al.   Nature Communications

Goals and opportunities in quantum simulation

(2012) J. Ignacio Cirac et al.   Nature Physics

Causality and defect formation in the dynamics of an engineered quantum phase transition in a coupled binary Bose–Einstein condensate

(2012) Jacopo Sabbatini et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Quench from Mott insulator to superfluid

(2012) Jacek Dziarmaga et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Assisted Finite-Rate Adiabatic Passage Across a Quantum Critical Point: Exact Solution for the Quantum Ising Model

(2012) Adolfo del Campo et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Experimental quantum simulations of many-body physics with trapped ions

(2012) Ch Schneider et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

The inhomogeneous Kibble–Zurek mechanism: vortex nucleation during Bose–Einstein condensation

(2011) A del Campo et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Critical dynamics of decoherence

(2011) Bogdan Damski et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Speeding up critical system dynamics through optimized evolution

(2011) Tommaso Caneva et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Optimal Control for Unitary Preparation of Many-Body States: Application to Luttinger Liquids

(2011) Armin Rahmani et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Phase Separation and Pattern Formation in a Binary Bose-Einstein Condensate

(2011) Jacopo Sabbatini et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Optimal Control Technique for Many-Body Quantum Dynamics

(2011) Patrick Doria et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Solitons as the Early Stage of Quasicondensate Formation during Evaporative Cooling

(2011) E. Witkowska et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Quantum Quench of an Atomic Mott Insulator

(2011) David Chen et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Colloquium: Nonequilibrium dynamics of closed interacting quantum systems

(2011) Anatoli Polkovnikov et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Dynamics of a quantum phase transition and relaxation to a steady state

(2010) Jacek Dziarmaga   ADVANCES IN PHYSICS

Critical Quench Dynamics in Confined Systems

(2010) Mario Collura et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Soliton Creation During a Bose-Einstein Condensation

(2010) Bogdan Damski et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Structural Defects in Ion Chains by Quenching the External Potential: The Inhomogeneous Kibble-Zurek Mechanism

(2010) A. del Campo et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Spontaneous fluxoid formation in superconducting loops

(2009) R. Monaco et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Topology-Induced Anomalous Defect Production by Crossing a Quantum Critical Point

(2009) A. Bermudez et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Critical Behavior and Scaling in Trapped Systems

(2009) Massimo Campostrini et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Causality in Condensates: Gray Solitons as Relics of BEC Formation

(2009) Wojciech H. Zurek   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Spontaneous vortices in the formation of Bose–Einstein condensates

(2008) Chad N. Weiler et al.   NATURE

Phase transition in space: how far does a symmetry bend before it breaks?

(2008) W. H Zurek et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Dynamics of vortex formation in merging Bose-Einstein condensate fragments

(2008) R. Carretero-González et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Structural phase transitions in low-dimensional ion crystals

(2008) Shmuel Fishman et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Adiabatic Dynamics in Open Quantum Critical Many-Body Systems

(2008) Dario Patanè et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Winding Up of the Wave-Function Phase by an Insulator-to-Superfluid Transition in a Ring of Coupled Bose-Einstein Condensates

(2008) Jacek Dziarmaga et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Optimal Nonlinear Passage Through a Quantum Critical Point

(2008) Roman Barankov et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Defect Production in Nonlinear Quench across a Quantum Critical Point

(2008) Diptiman Sen et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS