The quantum transverse-field Ising chain in circuit QED: effects of disorder on the nonequilibrium dynamics

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We study several dynamical properties of a recently proposed implementation of the quantum transverse-field Ising chain in the framework of circuit QED.

• Particular emphasis is placed on the effects of disorder on the nonequilibrium behavior of the system.
• We show that small amounts of fabrication-induced disorder in the system parameters do not jeopardize the observation of previously-predicted phenomena.
• Based on a numerical extraction of the mean free path of the system, we also provide a simple quantitative estimate for certain disorder effects on the nonequilibrium dynamics of the circuit QED quantum simulator.