Exact Quench Dynamics from Thermal Pure Quantum States

Abstract

We present an exact solution for entanglement entropy for the real-time dynamics following a quench from a thermal pure quantum (TPQ) state in a free-fermion system. In contrast to the usual linear growth and saturation behavior, the entanglement entropy exhibits a characteristic double-plateau structure. We establish this behavior through three complementary approaches: an exact conformal field theory calculation on the Klein bottle, finite-size Gaussian-state simulations, and a quasiparticle picture that becomes quantitatively accurate in the scaling regime.

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