Collapse and revival in holographic quenches

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DOI10.1007/JHEP04(2015)038zbMATH Open1388.83149arXiv1412.6002OpenAlexW2148877435MaRDI QIDQ2635239FDOQ2635239

J. Mas, Emilia da Silva, Esperanza Lopez, Alexandre Serantes

Publication date: 31 May 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study holographic models related to global quantum quenches in finite size systems. The holographic set up describes naturally a CFT, which we consider on a circle and a sphere. The enhanced symmetry of the conformal group on the circle motivates us to compare the evolution in both cases. Depending on the initial conditions, the dual geometry exhibits oscillations that we holographically interpret as revivals of the initial field theory state. On the sphere, this only happens when the energy density created by the quench is small compared to the system size. However on the circle considerably larger energy densities are compatible with revivals. Two different timescales emerge in this latter case. A collapse time, when the system appears to have dephased, and the revival time, when after rephasing the initial state is partially recovered. The ratio of these two times depends upon the initial conditions in a similar way to what is observed in some experimental setups exhibiting collapse and revivals.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.6002




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