Out-of-equilibrium dynamics and thermalization of string order

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关键词: MANY-BODY SYSTEM;    QUANTUM SPIN;    MOTT INSULATORS;    GROUND-STATES;    ANTIFERROMAGNETS;    RELAXATION;    EMERGENCE;    CHAOS;    MECHANICS;    SYMMETRY;   

DOI  :  10.1103/PhysRevB.90.020301

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

We investigate the equilibration dynamics of string order in one-dimensional quantum systems. After initializing a spin-1 chain in the Haldane phase, the time evolution of nonlocal correlations following a sudden quench is studied by means of matrix-product-state-based algorithms. Thermalization occurs only for scales up to a horizon growing at a well defined speed, due to the finite maximal velocity at which string correlations can propagate, related to a Lieb-Robinson bound. The persistence of string ordering at finite times is nontrivially related to symmetries of the quenched Hamiltonian. A qualitatively similar behavior is found for the string order of the Mott insulating phase in the Bose-Hubbard chain. This paves the way towards an experimental testing of our results in present cold-atom setups.

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