TY - BOOK AU - Dutta,Amit AU - Aeppli,Gabriel AU - Chakrabarti,Bikas K. AU - Divakaran,Uma AU - Rosenbaum,Thomas F. AU - Sen,Diptiman TI - Quantum phase transitions in transverse field spin models: from statistical physics to quantum information SN - 9781107068797 (hardback) U1 - 530.474 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Delhi : PB - Cambridge University Press, KW - Phase transformations (Statistical physics) KW - Phase rule and equilibrium N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -