Quenching quantum many-body systems: fundamental relations between work distribution and dephasing.
1. The Statistics of the Work Done on a Quantum Critical System by Quenching a Control Parameter
Author: Alessandro Silva
arXiv:0806.4301; Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 120603 (2008)
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2. On quenches in quantum many-body systems: the one-dimensional Bose-Hubbard model revisited
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