{
  "id": "1011.3664",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2010-11-16T11:52:02.000Z",
  "updated": "2011-01-20T17:45:58.000Z",
  "title": "Quantum relaxation after a quench in systems with boundaries",
  "authors": [
    "Ferenc Iglói",
    "Heiko Rieger"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, 3 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 035701 (2011)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.035701",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "cond-mat.other",
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We study the time-dependence of the magnetization profile, m_l(t), of a large finite open quantum Ising chain after a quench. We observe a cyclic variation, in which starting with an exponentially decreasing period the local magnetization arrives to a quasi-stationary regime, which is followed by an exponentially fast reconstruction period. The non-thermal behavior observed at near-surface sites turns over to thermal behavior for bulk sites. Besides the standard time- and length-scales a non-standard time-scale is identified in the reconstruction period.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2011-01-20T17:45:58.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "64.70.Tg",
      "05.70.Ln",
      "75.10.Pq",
      "75.40.Gb"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "quantum relaxation",
      "boundaries",
      "finite open quantum ising chain",
      "large finite open quantum ising",
      "local magnetization arrives"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2011,
      "month": "Jan",
      "volume": 106,
      "number": 3,
      "pages": "035701"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2011PhRvL.106c5701I"
    }
  }
}