Large Deviation Functions for Open Quantum Systems with a Strong Symmetry

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Main Authors: Liu, Fei, Gu, Jiayi, Wang, Hailong, Su, Shanhe
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author Liu, Fei
Gu, Jiayi
Wang, Hailong
Su, Shanhe
author_facet Liu, Fei
Gu, Jiayi
Wang, Hailong
Su, Shanhe
contents In open quantum systems with strong symmetries, the global scaled cumulant generating function (SCGF) is generally nonanalytic, so the Gärtner-Ellis theorem cannot directly yield the genuine large-deviation rate function. To address this issue, we propose that the theorem remains valid within blocks of the systems' operator space: we first obtain local rate functions for each block via the theorem and then recover the global one by minimization. This approach is justified by the dissipative freezing phenomenon in such systems. We demonstrate the scheme in an analytical model and a three-spin model with XX interaction. In the latter, we find that the vanishing of a nonanalytic point in the global SCGF under dephasing appears as an avoided ``level'' crossing, and we quantify this behavior using a degenerate perturbation theory.
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Liu, Fei
Gu, Jiayi
Wang, Hailong
Su, Shanhe
Statistical Mechanics
In open quantum systems with strong symmetries, the global scaled cumulant generating function (SCGF) is generally nonanalytic, so the Gärtner-Ellis theorem cannot directly yield the genuine large-deviation rate function. To address this issue, we propose that the theorem remains valid within blocks of the systems' operator space: we first obtain local rate functions for each block via the theorem and then recover the global one by minimization. This approach is justified by the dissipative freezing phenomenon in such systems. We demonstrate the scheme in an analytical model and a three-spin model with XX interaction. In the latter, we find that the vanishing of a nonanalytic point in the global SCGF under dephasing appears as an avoided ``level'' crossing, and we quantify this behavior using a degenerate perturbation theory.
title Large Deviation Functions for Open Quantum Systems with a Strong Symmetry
topic Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.06244