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Vanja Marić1, Florent Ferro1, Maurizio Fagotti1
1Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, LPTMS, 91405, Orsay, France.
In quantum spin chains, a spontaneously broken symmetry leads to order. When separated parts reconnect, the order parameter scales with time as t^{1/3}, revealing quantum effects in the interface.
Area of Science:
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Quantum Many-Body Systems
- Statistical Mechanics
Background:
- Studies translationally invariant quantum spin-1/2 chains with local interactions.
- Focuses on systems with a discrete symmetry spontaneously broken at zero temperature.
- Considers experimental scenarios involving decoupling and re-coupling of system parts.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the dynamics of symmetry breaking in quantum spin chains after re-coupling.
- To determine the scaling behavior of order parameters and fluctuations in the interfacial region.
- To explore the role of quantum mechanics in the breakdown of cluster decomposition.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical analysis of integrable quantum spin systems.
- Case study using the transverse-field Ising chain.
- Analysis of skew information to probe quantum contributions.
Main Results:
- The front separating ordered and disordered regions recedes at maximal quasiparticle velocity.
- Order parameters and fluctuations exhibit universal subdiffusive scaling of order t^{1/3}.
- The interfacial region shows full-range correlations, indicating a macroscopic quantum state.
Conclusions:
- The dynamics of symmetry breaking in such quantum systems are governed by universal scaling laws.
- The breakdown of cluster decomposition in the interfacial region has a significant quantum contribution.
- Subsystems within the interface exist in a collective macroscopic quantum state.
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