Scaling of macroscopic superpositions close to a quantum phase transition

It is well known that in a quantum phase transition (QPT), entanglement remains short ranged [Osterloh et al., Nature (London) 416, 608 (2005)]. We ask if there is a quantum property entailing the whole system which diverges near this point. Using the recently proposed measures of quantum macroscopi...

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Published in:Physical review. B 2016-05, Vol.93 (19), Article 195127
Main Authors: Abad, Tahereh, Karimipour, Vahid
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Broken symmetry
Condensed matter
Coupling
Critical point
Derivatives
Entanglement
Phase transformations
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Summary:It is well known that in a quantum phase transition (QPT), entanglement remains short ranged [Osterloh et al., Nature (London) 416, 608 (2005)]. We ask if there is a quantum property entailing the whole system which diverges near this point. Using the recently proposed measures of quantum macroscopicity, we show that near a quantum critical point, it is the effective size of macroscopic superposition between the two symmetry breaking states which grows to the scale of system size, and its derivative with respect to the coupling shows both singular behavior and scaling properties.
ISSN:2469-9950
2469-9969
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.195127