Dissipation-Induced Deviations from Kibble-Zurek Scaling in Non-Hermitian Quantum Annealing

Abstract

We revisit the quantum annealing problem in the non-Hermitian transverse-field Ising model. We determine, both analytically and numerically, the intrinsic transition probabilities and the resulting defect density. Our results reveal that, unlike the Hermitian case where defect production is dominated by modes near the gap-closing point, the non-Hermitian dynamics involve significant contributions from broad momentum sectors. We find that, depending on the dissipation strength, the defect density exhibits standard Kibble-Zurek scaling, anti-Kibble-Zurek behavior, and a suppression faster than the Kibble-Zurek prediction. We demonstrate that these deviations from the standard Kibble-Zurek scaling can be understood in terms of the underlying excitation probabilities. Specifically, the fast decay of the defect density originates from a vanishing excitation probability spanning a range of annealing times across all allowed modes, even at the gap-closing points. In contrast, the anti-Kibble-Zurek behavior arises from supplementary excitations facilitated by dissipation over a broad range of allowed modes, particularly those situated away from the gap-closing region.

14 pages, 9 captioned figures

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