2 papers
quant-ph2018
Universal Statistics of Topological Defects Formed in a Quantum Phase Transition
Adolfo del Campo
When a quantum phase transition is crossed in finite time, critical slowing down leads to the breakdown of adiabatic dynamics and the formation of topological defects. The average…
quant-ph2018
Universal dynamics of inhomogeneous quantum phase transitions: suppressing defect formation
F. J. Gómez-Ruiz, A. del Campo
In the nonadiabatic dynamics across a quantum phase transition, the Kibble-Zurek mechanism predicts that the formation of topological defects is suppressed as a universal power law…