{ "id": "0806.3529", "version": "v1", "published": "2008-06-22T15:55:48.000Z", "updated": "2008-06-22T15:55:48.000Z", "title": "Geometric phases and quantum phase transitions in open systems", "authors": [ "Alexander I. Nesterov", "S. G. Ovchinnikov" ], "comment": "ReVTeX style, 6 figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. E (Rapid Communication)", "journal": "Phys.Rev.E78:015202,2008", "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevE.78.015202", "categories": [ "quant-ph", "hep-th", "math-ph", "math.MP" ], "abstract": "The relationship between quantum phase transition and complex geometric phase for open quantum system governed by the non-Hermitian effective Hamiltonian with the accidental crossing of the eigenvalues is established. In particular, the geometric phase associated with the ground state of the one-dimensional dissipative Ising model in a transverse magnetic field is evaluated, and it is demonstrated that related quantum phase transition is of the first order.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2008-06-22T15:55:48.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "03.67.-a", "03.65.-w", "03.65.Vf", "14.80.Hv" ], "keywords": [ "open systems", "open quantum system", "related quantum phase transition", "transverse magnetic field", "complex geometric phase" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "APS", "journal": "Physical Review E", "year": 2008, "month": "Jul", "volume": 78, "number": 1, "pages": "015202" }, "note": { "typesetting": "RevTeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 788945, "adsabs": "2008PhRvE..78a5202N" } } }