A Nonequilibrium Quantum Phase Transition in Strongly Coupled Spin Chains

被引:11
作者
Mascarenhas, Eduardo [1 ]
Giudice, Giacomo [1 ]
Savona, Vincenzo [1 ]
机构
[1] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, Inst Phys, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
关键词
MANY-BODY LOCALIZATION; RENORMALIZATION-GROUP; TRANSPORT;
D O I
10.22331/q-2017-12-20-40
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We study spin transport in a boundary driven XXZ spin chain. Driving at the chain boundaries is modeled by two additional spin chains prepared in oppositely polarized states. Emergent behavior, both in the transient dynamics and in the long-time quasi-steady state, is demonstrated. Time dependent matrix-product-state simulations of the system-bath state show ballistic spin transport below the Heisenberg isotropic point. Indications of exponentially vanishing transport are found above the Heisenberg point for low energy initial states while the current decays asymptotically as a power law for high energy states. Precisely at the critical point, non-ballistic transport is observed. Finally, it is found that the sensitivity of the quasi-stationary state on the initial state of the chain is a good witness of the different transport regimes.
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