Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Liu, Zheng, Nie, Wen-Hui, Yang, Yi-jia, Wang, Lin-Cheng, Yu, Chang-shui
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2026
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.10637
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
_version_ 1866917483144806400
author Liu, Zheng
Nie, Wen-Hui
Yang, Yi-jia
Wang, Lin-Cheng
Yu, Chang-shui
author_facet Liu, Zheng
Nie, Wen-Hui
Yang, Yi-jia
Wang, Lin-Cheng
Yu, Chang-shui
contents Energy-storage singularities in quantum batteries are often associated with equilibrium quantum criticality. Here we show that, in quench-driven many-body batteries, such singularities can originate from dynamical criticality in momentum space. Using the transverse-field Ising chain as a representative free-fermion quantum battery, we develop a momentum-resolved description of the charging process. The long-time stored energy forms a dephasing plateau whose dependence on the quench strength becomes nonanalytic when a real dynamical critical momentum emerges. More generally, for free-fermion two-band quantum batteries, each momentum sector acts as an independent coherent charging channel, and the condition for a dynamical quantum phase transition (DQPT) is equivalent to perfect normalized charging of the critical mode. At the critical times, this mode has a vanishing Loschmidt amplitude, maximal normalized stored energy, and zero instantaneous power at the turning point between energy absorption and backflow. We further show that the single-mode charging signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) develops sharp signatures at the same critical times, providing a direct charging-based probe of DQPT. Thus, nonequilibrium criticality does not simply enhance the total stored energy or power, which remain shaped by noncritical modes, but reorganizes energy storage by selecting optimal microscopic charging channels. Our results establish a mode-resolved connection between DQPT and quantum-battery charging, suggesting a route toward controlling many-body energy storage through dynamical criticality.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2605_10637
institution arXiv
publishDate 2026
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Dynamical Criticality Behind Energy-Storage Singularities in Quantum Batteries
Liu, Zheng
Nie, Wen-Hui
Yang, Yi-jia
Wang, Lin-Cheng
Yu, Chang-shui
Quantum Physics
Energy-storage singularities in quantum batteries are often associated with equilibrium quantum criticality. Here we show that, in quench-driven many-body batteries, such singularities can originate from dynamical criticality in momentum space. Using the transverse-field Ising chain as a representative free-fermion quantum battery, we develop a momentum-resolved description of the charging process. The long-time stored energy forms a dephasing plateau whose dependence on the quench strength becomes nonanalytic when a real dynamical critical momentum emerges. More generally, for free-fermion two-band quantum batteries, each momentum sector acts as an independent coherent charging channel, and the condition for a dynamical quantum phase transition (DQPT) is equivalent to perfect normalized charging of the critical mode. At the critical times, this mode has a vanishing Loschmidt amplitude, maximal normalized stored energy, and zero instantaneous power at the turning point between energy absorption and backflow. We further show that the single-mode charging signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) develops sharp signatures at the same critical times, providing a direct charging-based probe of DQPT. Thus, nonequilibrium criticality does not simply enhance the total stored energy or power, which remain shaped by noncritical modes, but reorganizes energy storage by selecting optimal microscopic charging channels. Our results establish a mode-resolved connection between DQPT and quantum-battery charging, suggesting a route toward controlling many-body energy storage through dynamical criticality.
title Dynamical Criticality Behind Energy-Storage Singularities in Quantum Batteries
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.10637