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arXiv:1906.04260 · Physical Review A

Polaron-transformed dissipative Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model

Wassilij Kopylov, Gernot Schaller

Published Dec 10, 2019• 8 citations
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Abstract

We investigate the Lipkin-Meshkov-Glick model coupled to a thermal bath. Since the isolated model itself exhibits a quantum phase transition, we explore the critical signatures of the open system. Starting from a system-reservoir interaction written in positive-definite form, we find that the position of the critical point remains unchanged, in contrast to the popular mean-field prediction. Technically, we employ the polaron transform to be able to study the full crossover regime from the normal to the symmetry-broken phase, which allows us to investigate the fate of quantum-critical points subject to dissipative environments. The signatures of the phase transition are reflected in observables such as magnetization, stationary mode occupation, or waiting-time distributions.

DOI
10.1103/physreva.100.063815

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