{
  "id": "1303.0782",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2013-03-04T18:55:25.000Z",
  "updated": "2013-06-19T16:17:51.000Z",
  "title": "Statistics of the work done by splitting a one-dimensional quasi-condensate",
  "authors": [
    "Spyros Sotiriadis",
    "Andrea Gambassi",
    "Alessandro Silva"
  ],
  "comment": "20 pages, 8 figures - added paragraph, updated references",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. E 87, 052129 (2013)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevE.87.052129",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "cond-mat.quant-gas"
  ],
  "abstract": "Motivated by experiments on splitting one-dimensional quasi-condensates, we study the statistics of the work done by a quantum quench in a bosonic system. We discuss the general features of the probability distribution of the work and focus on its behaviour at the lowest energy threshold, which develops an edge singularity. A formal connection between this probability distribution and the critical Casimir effect in thin classical films shows that certain features of the edge singularity are universal as the post-quench gap tends to zero. Our results are quantitatively illustrated by an exact calculation for non-interacting bosonic systems. The effects of finite system size, dimensionality, and non-zero initial temperature are discussed in detail.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2013-06-19T16:17:51.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "05.70.Ln",
      "03.75.Kk",
      "05.70.Np",
      "05.30.Jp"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "statistics",
      "probability distribution",
      "edge singularity",
      "bosonic system",
      "non-zero initial temperature"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review E",
      "year": 2013,
      "month": "May",
      "volume": 87,
      "number": 5,
      "pages": "052129"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 20,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1222402,
      "adsabs": "2013PhRvE..87e2129S"
    }
  }
}