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Quantum phase transitions in transverse field spin models : from statistical physics to quantum information / Amit Dutta...[et al.].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Delhi : Cambridge University Press, 2015.Description: xvi, 330 p. : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781107068797 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 530.474 23 D979
Contents:
1. Quantum phase transitions; 2. Information theoretic measures close to a quantum critical point; 3. Non-equilibrium dynamics across quantum critical points; 4. Transverse Ising models in higher dimensions; 5. Transverse field models in one dimension; 6. Quantum phase transitions in related models; 7. Role of quenched disorder; 8. Related models with frustration; 9. Quantum information theoretic measures: transverse field and related models; 10. Non-equilibrium dynamics across quantum critical points: slow quenching; 11. Further studies on non-equilibrium dynamics; 12. Quenching and quantum information; 13. Some very recent developments in information and dynamics; 14. Experimental realisations of transverse field Ising systems; 15. Adiabatic quantum computations and transverse field models; 16. Concluding comments; Appendices.
Summary: "Discusses the fundamental connections between the physics of quantum phase transitions and the technological promise of quantum information, non-equilibrium quantum dynamics and adiabatic quantum computations"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Quantum phase transitions;
2. Information theoretic measures close to a quantum critical point;
3. Non-equilibrium dynamics across quantum critical points;
4. Transverse Ising models in higher dimensions;
5. Transverse field models in one dimension;
6. Quantum phase transitions in related models;
7. Role of quenched disorder;
8. Related models with frustration;
9. Quantum information theoretic measures: transverse field and related models;
10. Non-equilibrium dynamics across quantum critical points: slow quenching;
11. Further studies on non-equilibrium dynamics;
12. Quenching and quantum information;
13. Some very recent developments in information and dynamics;
14. Experimental realisations of transverse field Ising systems; 15. Adiabatic quantum computations and transverse field models;
16. Concluding comments;
Appendices.

"Discusses the fundamental connections between the physics of quantum phase transitions and the technological promise of quantum information, non-equilibrium quantum dynamics and adiabatic quantum computations"--

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