Quantum Mpemba effect without global symmetries

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Autori principali: Bhore, Tanmay, Su, Lei, Martin, Ivar, Clerk, Aashish A., Papić, Zlatko
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Bhore, Tanmay
Su, Lei
Martin, Ivar
Clerk, Aashish A.
Papić, Zlatko
author_facet Bhore, Tanmay
Su, Lei
Martin, Ivar
Clerk, Aashish A.
Papić, Zlatko
contents The Mpemba effect, where a system initially farther from equilibrium relaxes faster than one closer to equilibrium, has been extensively studied in classical systems and recently explored in quantum settings. While previous studies of the quantum Mpemba effect (QME) have largely focused on isolated systems with global symmetries, we argue that the QME is ubiquitous in generic, non-integrable many-body systems lacking such symmetries, including U(1) charge conservation, spatial symmetries, and even energy conservation. Using paradigmatic models such as the quantum Ising model with transverse and longitudinal fields, we show that the QME can be understood through the energy density of initial states and their inverse participation ratio in the energy eigenbasis. Our findings provide a unified framework for the QME, linking it with classical thermal relaxation.
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spellingShingle Quantum Mpemba effect without global symmetries
Bhore, Tanmay
Su, Lei
Martin, Ivar
Clerk, Aashish A.
Papić, Zlatko
Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
The Mpemba effect, where a system initially farther from equilibrium relaxes faster than one closer to equilibrium, has been extensively studied in classical systems and recently explored in quantum settings. While previous studies of the quantum Mpemba effect (QME) have largely focused on isolated systems with global symmetries, we argue that the QME is ubiquitous in generic, non-integrable many-body systems lacking such symmetries, including U(1) charge conservation, spatial symmetries, and even energy conservation. Using paradigmatic models such as the quantum Ising model with transverse and longitudinal fields, we show that the QME can be understood through the energy density of initial states and their inverse participation ratio in the energy eigenbasis. Our findings provide a unified framework for the QME, linking it with classical thermal relaxation.
title Quantum Mpemba effect without global symmetries
topic Quantum Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17181