Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions and Many-Body Backflow in Open Quantum Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03570v2
• Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:23:58 GMT
• Title: Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions and Many-Body Backflow in Open Quantum Systems
• Authors: Kai Zhang, Chang Shu, Kai Sun,
• Abstract summary: Dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) are non-equilibrium transitions characterized by the orthogonality between an initial quantum state and its time-evolved counterpart following a sudden quench.<n>We prove that DQPTs in open quantum systems remain robust when subject to either particle loss or particle gain alone.<n>We uncover a non-perturbative dynamical effect: even a weak admixture of gain into a system with loss (gain) can dramatically reshape the long-time behavior of DQPT dynamics.
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• Abstract: Dynamical quantum phase transitions (DQPTs) are non-equilibrium transitions characterized by the orthogonality between an initial quantum state and its time-evolved counterpart following a sudden quench. Recently, studies of this phenomenon have been extended beyond closed quantum systems to include environmental interactions, often modeled through non-Hermitian effects. However, because non-Hermitian descriptions neglect both quantum jump processes and interaction effects, the ultimate fate of interacting quantum systems under full open-system quantum dynamics remains an open question. In this paper, by incorporating both interactions and full Liouvillian dynamics, we prove that DQPTs in open quantum systems remain robust when subject to either particle loss or particle gain alone, but are generically smeared out when both processes coexist, as a result of many-body particle backflow. Furthermore, we uncover a non-perturbative dynamical effect: even a weak admixture of gain (loss) into a system with loss (gain) can dramatically reshape the long-time behavior of DQPT dynamics, leading to substantial deviations over time. These phenomena--including the universal smearing of DQPTs and the emergence of large dynamical deviations in the long-time limit--arise intrinsically from non-equilibrium many-body effects in open quantum systems. Our findings are general and substantiated by both analytical arguments and numerical simulations.

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