Work Statistics Under Quantum-Jump and Quench Dynamics in Monitored Ising Chains

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.00131v1
• Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:11:19 GMT
• Title: Work Statistics Under Quantum-Jump and Quench Dynamics in Monitored Ising Chains
• Abstract summary: We investigate work statistics in transverse-field Ising chains subject to both a quantum quench of the transverse field and either quantum jumps or controlled measurement sequences.<n>For monitored quenches, continuous observation washes out the fine structure of the isolated-quench distribution.<n>For controlled jump protocols, the energy added by each jump is constant when successive jumps are causally disconnected.
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• Abstract: We investigate work statistics in monitored transverse-field Ising chains subject to both a quantum quench of the transverse field and either stochastic quantum jumps or controlled measurement sequences. For generalized measurements, we derive a trajectory-resolved generating function for work statistics in the two-point energy measurement scheme. Evaluating it using a fermionic Gaussian-state formalism, we show that, under stochastic jump dynamics, the work distribution crosses over from a comb-like structure to an essentially Gaussian form with shrinking sub-Gaussian tails, as the number of detection events grows. For controlled jump protocols, the energy added by each jump is constant when successive jumps are causally disconnected but decreases and then saturates when they lie within each other's light cone, yielding linear and sublinear growth of the average work, respectively. For monitored quenches, continuous observation washes out the fine structure of the isolated-quench distribution and again drives the statistics toward Gaussian behavior.

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