Universal work statistics in quenched gapless quantum systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15971v1
• Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 01:59:25 GMT
• Title: Universal work statistics in quenched gapless quantum systems
• Authors: Donny Dwiputra, Mir Faizal, Francesco Marino, Freddy P. Zen,
• Abstract summary: We study the universality of work statistics performed during a quench in gapless quantum systems.<n>We show that the cumulants of work scale separately in the fast and slow quench regimes.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: We study the universality of work statistics performed during a quench in gapless quantum systems. We show that the cumulants of work scale separately in the fast and slow quench regimes, following a power law analogous to the universal scaling in the Kibble-Zurek mechanism for topological defect formation in phase transition. As an example, we analyze the nonequilibrium dynamics of a quenched Heisenberg XXZ chain at its critical gapless state using the bosonization picture, resulting in a Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid. The analytical scaling is in agreement with the exact numerical calculation for the fast and slow quench regimes. In finite systems, the characteristic function display an oscillatory pattern which disappears in the thermodynamic limit. This study is particularly useful for understanding the thermodynamics of adiabatic quantum computation.

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