Gate Parameter Lee-Yang Zeros and Dynamical Phases in Quantum Circuits

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.29838v1
• Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 12:20:07 GMT
• Title: Gate Parameter Lee-Yang Zeros and Dynamical Phases in Quantum Circuits
• Abstract summary: We show that Lee-Yang zeros of Loschmidt amplitudes condense onto limiting curves in quantum circuits.<n>As one of the parameters is varied, the set of zeros reorganizes abruptly, providing a finite-qubit diagnostic of a dynamical phase transition.<n>This mechanism does not rely on integrability: while integrability enables an exact calculation of the Loschmidt amplitude, the condensation of zeros follows from spectral competition and local unitarity alone.
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• Abstract: We propose gate-parameter Lee-Yang zeros of Loschmidt amplitudes as probes of dynamical phases in finite quantum circuits. We illustrate this approach using a brickwork model, where the time evolution is generated by repeated application of a Floquet operator. The Loschmidt amplitude can be expressed as a rational function of the gate parameters. At fixed system size and large circuit depth, its zeros in one complexified gate parameter, with the other parameter held fixed, condense onto limiting curves. We show that these curves comprise a universal component governed by equimodular Floquet eigenvalues, as described by the Beraha-Kahane-Weiss theorem, together with state-dependent contributions controlled by the overlap of eigenstate of the Floquet operator with the initial state. As one of the parameters is varied, the set of zeros reorganizes abruptly, providing a finite-qubit diagnostic of a dynamical phase transition. This mechanism does not rely on integrability: while integrability enables an exact calculation of the Loschmidt amplitude, the condensation of zeros follows from spectral competition and local unitarity alone.

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