Critical Fluctuations at Finite-Time Dynamical Phase Transition

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Main Authors: Vadakkayil, Nalina, Esposito, Massimiliano, Meibohm, Jan
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Published: 2024
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author Vadakkayil, Nalina
Esposito, Massimiliano
Meibohm, Jan
author_facet Vadakkayil, Nalina
Esposito, Massimiliano
Meibohm, Jan
contents We explore the critical properties of the recently discovered finite-time dynamical phase transition in the non-equilibrium relaxation of Ising magnets after a temperature quench. The transition is characterized by a sudden switch in the relaxation dynamics and it occurs at a sharp critical time. While previous works have focused either on mean-field interactions or on investigating the critical time, we analyze the critical fluctuations at the phase transition in the nearest-neighbor Ising model on a square lattice using Monte Carlo simulations. By means of a finite-size scaling analysis, we extract the critical exponents for the transition. In two spatial dimensions, we find that the exponents are consistent with those of the two-dimensional Ising universality class when the system is initially in the vicinity of the critical point. For initial temperatures below the critical one, however, the critical exponents differ from the Ising-exponents, indicating a distinct dynamical critical phenomenon.
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Vadakkayil, Nalina
Esposito, Massimiliano
Meibohm, Jan
Statistical Mechanics
We explore the critical properties of the recently discovered finite-time dynamical phase transition in the non-equilibrium relaxation of Ising magnets after a temperature quench. The transition is characterized by a sudden switch in the relaxation dynamics and it occurs at a sharp critical time. While previous works have focused either on mean-field interactions or on investigating the critical time, we analyze the critical fluctuations at the phase transition in the nearest-neighbor Ising model on a square lattice using Monte Carlo simulations. By means of a finite-size scaling analysis, we extract the critical exponents for the transition. In two spatial dimensions, we find that the exponents are consistent with those of the two-dimensional Ising universality class when the system is initially in the vicinity of the critical point. For initial temperatures below the critical one, however, the critical exponents differ from the Ising-exponents, indicating a distinct dynamical critical phenomenon.
title Critical Fluctuations at Finite-Time Dynamical Phase Transition
topic Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10505