Observing quantum phase transitions at non-zero temperature: non-analytic behavior of order-parameter correlation times
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| author | Csépányi, István Del Vecchio, Giuseppe Del Vecchio Doyon, Benjamin Kormos, Márton |
| author_facet | Csépányi, István Del Vecchio, Giuseppe Del Vecchio Doyon, Benjamin Kormos, Márton |
| contents | Phase transitions occur when a macroscopic number of local degrees of freedom coherently change their behavior. In ground states of quantum many-body systems, phase transitions due to quantum fluctuations are observed as non-analytic behaviors of order parameters, such as magnetization, as functions of a conjugate parameter, such as the magnetic field. However, as soon as thermal fluctuations are present, these effects are believed to disappear for local observables. We show that this is not necessarily the case: order parameters may still show non-analytic behaviors within their dynamics. With the example of the Ising model and using methods based on hydrodynamic fluctuations, we evaluate the exact order-parameter correlation time, in space-time directions of all velocities, in equilibrium states at nonzero temperature. We reveal non-analytic behaviors of spin correlation times as functions of the magnetic field, velocity, and temperature. As a function of the magnetic field, they occur at values that continuously approach that of the zero-temperature equilibrium transition point as the velocity is decreased and reach it within the light cone, where we obtain a new, temperature-independent logarithmic divergence characterizing the collective dynamics. Thus, collective effects induced by quantum fluctuations persist within the dynamics of local observables. |
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| spellingShingle | Observing quantum phase transitions at non-zero temperature: non-analytic behavior of order-parameter correlation times Csépányi, István Del Vecchio, Giuseppe Del Vecchio Doyon, Benjamin Kormos, Márton Statistical Mechanics Strongly Correlated Electrons Phase transitions occur when a macroscopic number of local degrees of freedom coherently change their behavior. In ground states of quantum many-body systems, phase transitions due to quantum fluctuations are observed as non-analytic behaviors of order parameters, such as magnetization, as functions of a conjugate parameter, such as the magnetic field. However, as soon as thermal fluctuations are present, these effects are believed to disappear for local observables. We show that this is not necessarily the case: order parameters may still show non-analytic behaviors within their dynamics. With the example of the Ising model and using methods based on hydrodynamic fluctuations, we evaluate the exact order-parameter correlation time, in space-time directions of all velocities, in equilibrium states at nonzero temperature. We reveal non-analytic behaviors of spin correlation times as functions of the magnetic field, velocity, and temperature. As a function of the magnetic field, they occur at values that continuously approach that of the zero-temperature equilibrium transition point as the velocity is decreased and reach it within the light cone, where we obtain a new, temperature-independent logarithmic divergence characterizing the collective dynamics. Thus, collective effects induced by quantum fluctuations persist within the dynamics of local observables. |
| title | Observing quantum phase transitions at non-zero temperature: non-analytic behavior of order-parameter correlation times |
| topic | Statistical Mechanics Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00794 |