Fisher zeros and persistent temporal oscillations in non-unitary quantum circuits

Abstract

We present a quantum circuit with measurements and post-selection that exhibits a panoply of space- and/or time-ordered phases, from ferromagnetic order to spin-density waves to time crystals. Unlike the time crystals that have been found in unitary models, those that occur here are \emph{incommensurate} with the drive frequency. The period of the incommensurate time-crystal phase may be tuned by adjusting the circuit parameters. We demonstrate that the phases of our quantum circuit, including the inherently non-equilibrium dynamical ones, correspond to complex-temperature equilibrium phases of the exactly solvable square-lattice anisotropic Ising model.

arXiv commentv1-->v2: significantly revised, new co-author added; small typo fixed in the most recent version 3

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