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Determination of Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions in Strongly Correlated Many-Body Systems Using Loschmidt Cumulants

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PHYSICAL REVIEW X
Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages -

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AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.11.041018

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Funding

  1. Academy of Finland through the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Quantum Technology [312057, 312299, 308515, 330384, 331094, 331737]
  2. European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skodowska-Curie Grant [892956]
  3. Helsinki Institute of Physics
  4. Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [892956] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)
  5. Academy of Finland (AKA) [331737, 331737, 330384, 330384] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)

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Dynamical phase transitions extend the concept of criticality to nonstationary settings, involving sudden changes in the macroscopic properties of time-evolving quantum systems. The research combines symmetry, topology, and nonequilibrium physics, utilizing Loschmidt cumulants to determine critical times of interacting many-body systems. Experimental prospects include predicting the first critical time of a quantum many-body system by measuring energy fluctuations in the initial state, with potential implementation on near-term quantum computers with a limited number of qubits.
Dynamical phase transitions extend the notion of criticality to nonstationary settings and are characterized by sudden changes in the macroscopic properties of time-evolving quantum systems. Investigations of dynamical phase transitions combine aspects of symmetry, topology, and nonequilibrium physics; however, progress has been hindered by the notorious difficulties of predicting the time evolution of large, interacting quantum systems. Here, we tackle this outstanding problem by determining the critical times of interacting many-body systems after a quench using Loschmidt cumulants. Specifically, we investigate dynamical topological phase transitions in the interacting Kitaev chain and in the spin-1 Heisenberg chain. To this end, we map out the thermodynamic lines of complex times, where the Loschmidt amplitude vanishes, and identify the intersections with the imaginary axis, which yield the real critical times after a quench. For the Kitaev chain, we can accurately predict how the critical behavior is affected by strong interactions, which gradually shift the time at which a dynamical phase transition occurs. We also discuss the experimental perspectives of predicting the first critical time of a quantum many-body system by measuring the energy fluctuations in the initial state, and we describe the prospects of implementing our method on a near-term quantum computer with a limited number of qubits. Our work demonstrates that Loschmidt cumulants are a powerful tool to unravel the far-from-equilibrium dynamics of strongly correlated many-body systems, and our approach can immediately be applied in higher dimensions.

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