Published December 12, 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Light-cone effect and relaxation after a quantum quench from excited states in the Ising chain

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Pisa and INFN, 56127, Pisa (Italy)

Description

The time evolution and stationary behaviour of local observables is studied after a quantum quench of the magnetic field in the transverse field Ising chain, when the initial state is chosen as an excited state of the pre-quench Hamiltonian. Relaxation to the Generalized Gibbs Ensemble is proved. Equal-time longitudinal two point function and entanglement entropy are analytically derived for a class of excited states which confirm the light-cone spreading of correlations also starting from excited states

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/566/1/012026

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
566
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[5 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
5. Young Researcher Meeting
Dates
14-15 Jul 2014
Place
Trieste (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47021612
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CORRELATIONS; ENTROPY; EXCITED STATES; HAMILTONIANS; LIGHT CONE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; RELAXATION
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY LEVELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SPACE-TIME; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES