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SUMMARY:Universal features of quantum critical dynamics beyond the Kibble-Z
	urek mechanism
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Adolfo del Campo\, Donostia International Physics Cen
	ter\, Spain\nHosted by: Anatoli Polkovnikov\n\nPart of the Biophysics/Conde
	nsed Matter Seminar Series.\n\nWhen a quantum phase transition is crossed i
	n finite time\, critical slowing down leads to the breakdown of adiabatic d
	ynamics and the formation of topological defects. The average density of de
	fects scales with the quench rate following a universal power-law predicted
	 by the Kibble-Zurek mechanism. We analyze the full counting statistics of 
	kinks and report the exact kink number distribution in the transverse-field
	 quantum Ising model. Kink statistics is described by the Poisson binomial 
	distribution with all cumulants exhibiting a universal power-law scaling wi
	th the quench rate. In the absence of finite-size effects\, the distributio
	n approaches a normal one\, a feature that is expected to apply broadly in 
	systems described by the Kibble-Zurek mechanism. It will be argued that the
	 number distribution of topological defects is actually universal in any sy
	stem obeying the Kibble-Zurek mechanism.
LOCATION:SCI 352\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
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