dc.contributor.author | Chesler, Paul M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Garcia-Garcia, Antonio M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, Hong | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-16T16:29:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-09-16T16:29:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-05 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2015-02 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2160-3308 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98532 | |
dc.description.abstract | We study the dynamic after a smooth quench across a continuous transition from the disordered phase to the ordered phase. Based on scaling ideas, linear response, and the spectrum of unstable modes, we develop a theoretical framework, valid for any second-order phase transition, for the early-time evolution of the condensate in the broken phase. Our analysis unveils a novel period of nonadiabatic evolution after the system passes through the phase transition, where a parametrically large amount of coarsening occurs before a well-defined condensate forms. Our formalism predicts a rate of defect formation parametrically smaller than the Kibble-Zurek prediction and yields a criterion for the breakdown of Kibble-Zurek scaling for sufficiently fast quenches. We numerically test our formalism for a thermal quench in a (2 + 1)-dimensional holographic superfluid. These findings, of direct relevance in a broad range of fields including cold atom, condensed matter, statistical mechanics, and cosmology, are an important step toward a more quantitative understanding of dynamical phase transitions. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Dept. of Energy (Cooperative Research Agreement DE-FG0205ER41360) | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.5.021015 | en_US |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | en_US |
dc.source | American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.title | Defect Formation beyond Kibble-Zurek Mechanism and Holography | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Chesler, Paul M., Antonio M. Garcia-Garcia, and Hong Liu. “Defect Formation Beyond Kibble-Zurek Mechanism and Holography.” Physical Review X 5, no. 2 (May 2015). | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Liu, Hong | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Physical Review X | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dspace.orderedauthors | Chesler, Paul M.; Garcia-Garcia, Antonio M.; Liu, Hong | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4911-3183 | |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_CC | en_US |
mit.metadata.status | Complete | |