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JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
卷 153, 期 5-6, 页码 228-243出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10909-008-9831-5
关键词
Quantum phase transitions; Non-equilibrium phenomena; Universality; 73; 43; Nq
A sweep through a quantum phase transition by means of a time-dependent external parameter (e.g., pressure) entails non-equilibrium phenomena associated with a break-down of adiabaticity: At the critical point, the energy gap vanishes and the response time diverges (in the thermodynamic limit). Consequently, the external time-dependence inevitably drives the system out of equilibrium, i.e., away from the ground state, if we assume zero temperature initially. In this way, the initial quantum fluctuations can be drastically amplified and may become observable-especially for symmetry-breaking (restoring) transitions. By means of several examples, possible effects of these amplified quantum fluctuations are studied and universal features (such as freezing) are discussed.
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