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arxiv 0911.5729 v3 pith:TF3XES4O submitted 2009-11-30 quant-ph cond-mat.stat-mechhep-th

Critical dynamics of decoherence

classification quant-ph cond-mat.stat-mechhep-th
keywords decoherencecriticalenvironmentdynamicsnon-equilibriumphasesusceptibilityabove
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We study decoherence induced by a dynamic environment undergoing a quantum phase transition. Environment's susceptibility to perturbations - and, consequently, efficiency of decoherence - is amplified near a critical point. Over and above this near-critical susceptibility increase, we show that decoherence is dramatically enhanced by non-equilibrium critical dynamics of the environment. We derive a simple expression relating decoherence to the universal critical exponents exhibiting deep connections with the theory of topological defect creation in non-equilibrium phase transitions.

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