Quantum dynamics of a domain wall in the presence of dephasing

Claudio Castelnovo, Mark I. Dykman, Vadim N. Smelyanskiy, Roderich Moessner, Leonid P. Pryadko

Published 2017-04-21Version 1

We compare quantum dynamics in the presence of Markovian dephasing for a particle hopping on a chain and for an Ising domain wall whose motion leaves behind a string of flipped spins. Exact solutions show that on an infinite chain, the transport responses of the models are nearly identical. However, on finite-length chains, the broadening of discrete spectral lines is much more noticeable in the case of a domain wall.