A review of equilibrium and dynamic scaling laws at quantum phase transitions, including quenches and dissipative effects treated as perturbations to critical regimes.
Nonequilibrium quantum dynamics and transport: from integrability to many-body localization
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We review the non-equilibrium dynamics of many-body quantum systems after a quantum quench with spatial inhomogeneities, either in the Hamiltonian or in the initial state. We focus on integrable and many-body localized systems that fail to self-thermalize in isolation and for which the standard hydrodynamical picture breaks down. The emphasis is on universal dynamics, non-equilibrium steady states and new dynamical phases of matter, and on phase transitions far from thermal equilibrium. We describe how the infinite number of conservation laws of integrable and many-body localized systems lead to complex non-equilibrium states beyond the traditional dogma of statistical mechanics.
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Coherent and dissipative dynamics at quantum phase transitions
A review of equilibrium and dynamic scaling laws at quantum phase transitions, including quenches and dissipative effects treated as perturbations to critical regimes.