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Decoherence factor in quantum phase transition

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As a fundamental quantity in quantum dynamics, decoherence factor reflects the influence on the system brought by the environment. In this work, we mainly investigate the dynamical behavior of decoherence factor in the quantum phase transition progresses, from the perspective of its phase information, amplitude information, real part information, and imaginary part information. Through two significant models, we show that most of these quantities can act as a witness of quantum phase transition phenomena and correctly reveal the locations of the critical points.

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  1. Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology, China Academy of Space Technology, Beijing, 100094, People’s Republic of China

    Hongting Song

  2. Institute of Cyber-Systems and Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, People’s Republic of China

    Yu Pan

  3. Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering and Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, People’s Republic of China

    Yuanyuan Mao

  4. Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät, Universität Siegen, Walter-Flex-Straße 3, 57068, Siegen, Germany

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant Nos. 11605284, 61703364, and the Open Research Project of the State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University, China (No. ICT1800409). Y.M. acknowledges support by the DFG and the ERC (Consolidator Grant 683107/TempoQ).

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Song, H., Pan, Y. & Mao, Y. Decoherence factor in quantum phase transition. Quantum Inf Process 18, 92 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-019-2210-0

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