Exceptional Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions in Periodically Driven Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2012.11822v2
• Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 09:43:17 GMT
• Title: Exceptional Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions in Periodically Driven Systems
• Authors: Ryusuke Hamazaki
• Abstract summary: We show that spontaneous symmetry breaking can occur at a short-time regime. Our results open up research for hitherto unknown phases in short-time regimes.
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• Abstract: Extending notions of phase transitions to nonequilibrium realm is a fundamental problem for statistical mechanics. While it was discovered that critical transitions occur even for transient states before relaxation as the singularity of a dynamical version of free energy, their nature is yet to be elusive. Here, we show that spontaneous symmetry breaking can occur at a short-time regime and causes universal dynamical quantum phase transitions in periodically driven unitary dynamics. Unlike conventional phase transitions, the relevant symmetry is antiunitary: its breaking is accompanied by a many-body exceptional point of a nonunitary operator obtained by space-time duality. Using a stroboscopic Ising model, we demonstrate the existence of distinct phases and unconventional singularity of dynamical free energy, whose signature can be accessed through quasilocal operators. Our results open up research for hitherto unknown phases in short-time regimes, where time serves as another pivotal parameter, with their hidden connection to nonunitary physics.

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