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Dynamics of the quantum search and quench-induced first-order phase transitions
Ivan B Coulamy1, Andreia Saguia1, Marcelo S Sarandy1
1Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Avenida Gal. Milton Tavares de Souza s/n, Gragoatá, 24210-346 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Abstract:
We investigate the excitation dynamics at a first-order quantum phase transition (QPT). More specifically, we consider the quench-induced QPT in the quantum search algorithm, which aims at finding out a marked element in an unstructured list. We begin by deriving the exact dynamics of the model, which is shown to obey a Riccati differential equation. Then, we discuss the probabilities of success by adopting either global or local adiabaticity strategies. Moreover, we determine the disturbance of the quantum criticality as a function of the system size. In particular, we show that the critical point exponentially converges to its thermodynamic limit even in a fast evolution regime, which is characterized by both entanglement QPT estimators and the Schmidt gap. The excitation pattern is manifested in terms of quantum domain walls separated by kinks. The kink density is then shown to follow an exponential scaling as a function of the evolution speed, which can be interpreted as a Kibble-Zurek mechanism for first-order QPTs.
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