Quantum Mpemba effect without global symmetries

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17181v1
• Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 18:00:01 GMT
• Title: Quantum Mpemba effect without global symmetries
• Authors: Tanmay Bhore, Lei Su, Ivar Martin, Aashish A. Clerk, Zlatko Papić,
• Abstract summary: We show that the quantum Mpemba effect (QME) is ubiquitous in non-integrable many-body systems lacking global symmetries.<n>Our findings provide a unified framework for the QME, linking it with classical thermal relaxation and phenomena such as prethermalization and weak ergodicity breaking.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The Mpemba effect, where a system initially farther from equilibrium relaxes faster than one closer to equilibrium, has been extensively studied in classical systems and recently explored in quantum settings. While previous studies of the quantum Mpemba effect (QME) have largely focused on isolated systems with global symmetries, we argue that the QME is ubiquitous in generic, non-integrable many-body systems lacking such symmetries, including U(1) charge conservation, spatial symmetries, and even energy conservation. Using paradigmatic models such as the quantum Ising model with transverse and longitudinal fields, we show that the QME can be understood through the energy density of initial states and their inverse participation ratio in the energy eigenbasis. Our findings provide a unified framework for the QME, linking it with classical thermal relaxation and phenomena such as prethermalization and weak ergodicity breaking.

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