Quantum phase transition dynamics in the two-dimensional transverse-field Ising model

Understand

The quantum Kibble-Zurek mechanism (QKZM) predicts universal dynamical behavior near the quantum phase transitions (QPTs).

• It is now well understood for the one-dimensional quantum matter.
• Higher-dimensional systems, however, remain a challenge, complicated by the fundamentally different character of the associated QPTs and their underlying conformal field theories.
• In this work, we take the first steps toward theoretical exploration of the QKZM in two dimensions for interacting quantum matter.