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View SchemaThermalization through unitary evolution of pure states
| Authors | Stein Olav Skrøvseth |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0606216 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0606216 |
| DOI | 10.1209/epl/i2006-10388-9 |
| Journal | Europhys. Lett. 76, 1179 (2006) |
Abstract
The unitary time evolution of a critical quantum spin chain with an impurity is calculated, and the entanglement evolution is shown. Moreover, we show that the reduced density matrix of a part of the chain evolves such that the fidelity of its spectrum is very high with respect to a state in thermal equilibrium. Hence, a thermal state occurs through unitary time evolution in a simple spin chain with impurity.
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