Landau theory for finite-time dynamical phase transitions

Abstract

We study the time evolution of thermodynamic observables that characterise the dissipative nature of thermal relaxation after an instantaneous temperature quench. Combining tools from stochastic thermodynamics and large-deviation theory, we develop a powerful theory for computing the large-deviation statistics of such observables. Our method naturally leads to a description in terms of a dynamical Landau theory, a versatile tool for the analysis of finite-time dynamical phase transitions. The topology of the associated Landau potential allows for an unambiguous identification of the dynamical order parameter and of the phase diagram. As an immediate application of our method, we show that the probability distribution of the heat exchanged between a mean-field spin model and the environment exhibits a singular point, a kink, caused by a finite-time dynamical phase transition. Using our Landau theory, we conduct a detailed study of the phase transition. Although the manifestation of the new transition is similar to that of a previously found finite-time transition in the magnetisation, the properties and the dynamical origins of the two turn out to be very different.

arXiv comment30 pages, 9 figures

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